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ARROW WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrow wood mean? 

ARROW WOOD (noun)
  The noun ARROW WOOD has 2 senses:

1. closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgiaplay

2. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrowsplay

  Familiarity information: ARROW WOOD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARROW WOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arrow wood; Viburnum recognitum

Hypernyms ("arrow wood" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("arrow wood" is a member of...):

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arrow wood; southern arrow wood; Viburnum dentatum

Hypernyms ("arrow wood" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("arrow wood" is a member of...):

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)


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