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DALBERGIA RETUSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dalbergia retusa mean?
• DALBERGIA RETUSA (noun)
The noun DALBERGIA RETUSA has 1 sense:
1. a valuable timber tree of tropical South America
Familiarity information: DALBERGIA RETUSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valuable timber tree of tropical South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cocobolo; Dalbergia retusa
Hypernyms ("Dalbergia retusa" 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 "Dalbergia retusa"):
granadilla wood (dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets)
Holonyms ("Dalbergia retusa" is a member of...):
Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)
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