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SISHAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sisham mean? 

SISHAM (noun)
  The noun SISHAM has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad tiesplay

  Familiarity information: SISHAM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SISHAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dalbergia sissoo; sisham; sissoo; sissu

Hypernyms ("sisham" 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 ("sisham" 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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