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BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thornless tree yielding heavy wood
Synonyms:
brazilian ironwood; Caesalpinia ferrea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brazilian ironwood" 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 ("brazilian ironwood" is a member of...):
Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)