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AMERICAN SMOKEWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American smokewood mean?
• AMERICAN SMOKEWOOD (noun)
The noun AMERICAN SMOKEWOOD has 1 sense:
1. shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
Familiarity information: AMERICAN SMOKEWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American smokewood; chittamwood; Cotinus americanus; Cotinus obovatus
Hypernyms ("American smokewood" is a kind of...):
smoke bush; smoke tree (any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus)
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