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DEVILWOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
Synonyms:
American olive; devilwood; Osmanthus americanus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("devilwood" 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 ("devilwood" is a member of...):
genus Osmanthus; Osmanthus (widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan)