JACQUINIA KEYENSIS

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Meaning:

West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

Synonyms:

barbasco; Jacquinia keyensis; joewood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Jacquinia keyensis" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Jacquinia keyensis" is a member of...):

genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)

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