MESUA FERREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mesua ferrea mean? 

• MESUA FERREA (noun)
  The noun MESUA FERREA has 1 sense:

1. handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties

  Familiarity information: MESUA FERREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESUA FERREA (noun)

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Meaning:

Handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ironwood; ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut

Hypernyms ("Mesua ferrea" 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)

Holonyms ("Mesua ferrea" is a member of...):

genus Mesua; Mesua (genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers)