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GRANADILLA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does granadilla tree mean? 

GRANADILLA TREE (noun)
  The noun GRANADILLA TREE has 1 sense:

1. West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebonyplay

  Familiarity information: GRANADILLA TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRANADILLA TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brya ebenus; granadilla tree; granadillo

Hypernyms ("granadilla tree" 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 "granadilla tree"):

cocoswood; cocuswood; granadilla wood (wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets)


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