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FRUITWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fruitwood mean?
• FRUITWOOD (noun)
The noun FRUITWOOD has 1 sense:
1. wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
Familiarity information: FRUITWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("fruitwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fruitwood"):
applewood (wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus)
Holonyms ("fruitwood" is a substance of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
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