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CARIB WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carib wood mean? 

CARIB WOOD (noun)
  The noun CARIB WOOD has 1 sense:

1. small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emergesplay

  Familiarity information: CARIB WOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARIB WOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carib wood; Sabinea carinalis

Hypernyms ("carib wood" 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 ("carib wood" is a member of...):

genus Sabinea; Sabinea (small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood)


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