SHINGLE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shingle tree mean? 

• SHINGLE TREE (noun)
  The noun SHINGLE TREE has 1 sense:

1. East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes

  Familiarity information: SHINGLE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHINGLE TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius; shingle tree

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

Acrocarpus; genus Acrocarpus (small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia)