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ARROW WOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

arrow wood; southern arrow wood; Viburnum dentatum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia

Synonyms:

arrow wood; Viburnum recognitum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

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