TARWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tarwood mean? 

• TARWOOD (noun)
  The noun TARWOOD has 2 senses:

1. New Zealand shrub

2. New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes

  Familiarity information: TARWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New Zealand shrub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dacrydium bidwilli; Halocarpus bidwilli; New Zealand mountain pine; tar-wood; tarwood

Hypernyms ("tarwood" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("tarwood" is a member of...):

genus Halocarpus; Halocarpus (dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dacrydium colensoi; tar-wood; tarwood

Hypernyms ("tarwood" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("tarwood" is a member of...):

Dacrydium; genus Dacrydium (Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs)