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SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does southern arrow wood mean? 

SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD (noun)
  The noun SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrowsplay

  Familiarity information: SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arrow wood; southern arrow wood; Viburnum dentatum

Hypernyms ("southern arrow wood" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("southern arrow wood" is a member of...):

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)


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