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YELLOWWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowwood mean? 

YELLOWWOOD (noun)
  The noun YELLOWWOOD has 2 senses:

1. the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood treesplay

2. any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extractplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOWWOOD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOWWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("yellowwood" is a substance of...):

yellowwood; yellowwood tree (any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

yellowwood; yellowwood tree

Hypernyms ("yellowwood" 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 "yellowwood"):

yellowwood (the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellowwood"):

gymnospermous yellowwood (any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood)

angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)


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