BREAK-AXE

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Meaning:

West Indian timber tree having very hard wood

Synonyms:

break-axe; breakax; breakaxe; Sloanea jamaicensis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("break-axe" 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 ("break-axe" is a member of...):

genus Sloanea; Sloanea (genus of tropical hardwood timber trees)

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