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LANCEWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Source of most of the lancewood of commerce

Synonyms:

lancewood; lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lancewood" 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)

Meronyms (substance of "lancewood"):

lancewood (durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("lancewood" is a substance of...):

lancewood; lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata (source of most of the lancewood of commerce)

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