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OPOSSUM WOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does opossum wood mean?
• OPOSSUM WOOD (noun)
The noun OPOSSUM WOOD has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
Familiarity information: OPOSSUM WOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Halesia carolina; Halesia tetraptera; opossum wood; silver-bell tree; silverbell tree; snowdrop tree
Hypernyms ("opossum wood" is a kind of...):
silver bell (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell-shaped flowers)
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