LEMONWOOD TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemonwood tree mean? 

• LEMONWOOD TREE (noun)
  The noun LEMONWOOD TREE has 2 senses:

1. South African evergreen having hard tough wood

2. source of a tough elastic wood

  Familiarity information: LEMONWOOD TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMONWOOD TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African evergreen having hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis

Hypernyms ("lemonwood 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)

Meronyms (parts of "lemonwood tree"):

lemonwood (hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods)

Holonyms ("lemonwood tree" is a member of...):

genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Source of a tough elastic wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calycophyllum candidissimum; dagame; lemonwood tree

Hypernyms ("lemonwood 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 ("lemonwood tree" is a member of...):

Calycophyllum; genus Calycophyllum (medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark)