GONCALO ALVES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goncalo alves mean? 

• GONCALO ALVES (noun)
  The noun GONCALO ALVES has 1 sense:

1. tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction

  Familiarity information: GONCALO ALVES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONCALO ALVES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Astronium fraxinifolium; goncalo alves

Hypernyms ("goncalo alves" is a kind of...):

zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)

Holonyms ("goncalo alves" is a member of...):

Astronium; genus Astronium (a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae)