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JOEWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does joewood mean?
• JOEWOOD (noun)
The noun JOEWOOD has 1 sense:
1. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
Familiarity information: JOEWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
barbasco; Jacquinia keyensis; joewood
Hypernyms ("joewood" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("joewood" is a member of...):
genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)
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