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GRANADILLA WOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets

Synonyms:

cocoswood; cocuswood; granadilla wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("granadilla wood" is a substance of...):

Brya ebenus; granadilla tree; granadillo (West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("granadilla wood" is a substance of...):

cocobolo; Dalbergia retusa (a valuable timber tree of tropical South America)

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