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BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brazilian ironwood mean? 

BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD (noun)
  The noun BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD has 1 sense:

1. thornless tree yielding heavy woodplay

  Familiarity information: BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Thornless tree yielding heavy wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brazilian ironwood; Caesalpinia ferrea

Hypernyms ("brazilian ironwood" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("brazilian ironwood" is a member of...):

Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)


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