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BAY-RUM TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bay-rum tree mean?
• BAY-RUM TREE (noun)
The noun BAY-RUM TREE has 1 sense:
1. West Indian tree; source of bay rum
Familiarity information: BAY-RUM TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
West Indian tree; source of bay rum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bay-rum tree; bayberry; Jamaica bayberry; Pimenta acris; wild cinnamon
Hypernyms ("bay-rum 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)
Holonyms ("bay-rum tree" is a member of...):
genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)
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