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KINGWOOD TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kingwood tree mean? 

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

1. Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet woodplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


KINGWOOD TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dalbergia cearensis; kingwood; kingwood tree

Hypernyms ("kingwood 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 "kingwood tree"):

kingwood (handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork)

Holonyms ("kingwood tree" is a member of...):

Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)


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