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LEMONWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African evergreen having hard tough wood

Synonyms:

lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lemonwood" 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 (parts of "lemonwood"):

lemonwood (hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods)

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

genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("lemonwood" is a part of...):

lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis (South African evergreen having hard tough wood)

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