PANAMA REDWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panama redwood mean? 

• PANAMA REDWOOD (noun)
  The noun PANAMA REDWOOD has 2 senses:

1. hard heavy red wood of a quira tree

2. large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: PANAMA REDWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANAMA REDWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard heavy red wood of a quira tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Panama redwood; quira

Hypernyms ("Panama redwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("Panama redwood" is a substance of...):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Panama redwood; Panama redwood tree; Platymiscium pinnatum

Hypernyms ("Panama redwood" is a kind of...):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)