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SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does South-African yellowwood mean? 

SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD (noun)
  The noun SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD has 1 sense:

1. erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leavesplay

  Familiarity information: SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Podocarpus latifolius; South-African yellowwood

Hypernyms ("South-African yellowwood" is a kind of...):

gymnospermous yellowwood (any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood)

Holonyms ("South-African yellowwood" is a member of...):

genus Podocarpus; Podocarpus (evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae)


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