COCOBOLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cocobolo mean? 

• COCOBOLO (noun)
  The noun COCOBOLO has 1 sense:

1. a valuable timber tree of tropical South America

  Familiarity information: COCOBOLO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCOBOLO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A valuable timber tree of tropical South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cocobolo; Dalbergia retusa

Hypernyms ("cocobolo" 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)

Meronyms (substance of "cocobolo"):

granadilla wood (dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets)

Holonyms ("cocobolo" is a member of...):

Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)