NAKEDWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nakedwood mean? 

• NAKEDWOOD (noun)
  The noun NAKEDWOOD has 2 senses:

1. any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood

2. tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood

  Familiarity information: NAKEDWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAKEDWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nakedwood" 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 ("nakedwood" is a member of...):

Colubrina; genus Colubrina (mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eugenia dicrana; nakedwood

Hypernyms ("nakedwood" is a kind of...):

zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)

Holonyms ("nakedwood" is a member of...):

Eugenia; genus Eugenia (tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood)