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CORAL-WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coral-wood mean? 

CORAL-WOOD (noun)
  The noun CORAL-WOOD has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamentalplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CORAL-WOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; coral-wood; coralwood; peacock flower fence; red sandalwood

Hypernyms ("coral-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 ("coral-wood" is a member of...):

Adenanthera; genus Adenanthera (small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas)


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