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GYMNOSPERMOUS YELLOWWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gymnospermous yellowwood mean? 

GYMNOSPERMOUS YELLOWWOOD (noun)
  The noun GYMNOSPERMOUS YELLOWWOOD has 1 sense:

1. any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow woodplay

  Familiarity information: GYMNOSPERMOUS YELLOWWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GYMNOSPERMOUS YELLOWWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gymnospermous yellowwood" is a kind of...):

yellowwood; yellowwood tree (any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gymnospermous yellowwood"):

Podocarpus latifolius; South-African yellowwood (erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves)

Afrocarpus falcata; bastard yellowwood; common yellowwood (medium-sized tree of South Africa)


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