GOPHERWOOD

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Meaning:

Small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye

Synonyms:

Cladrastis kentukea; Cladrastis lutea; gopherwood; Kentucky yellowwood

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Nouns denoting plants

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

angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)

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

Cladrastis; genus Cladrastis (yellowwoods)

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