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MIRO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983)

Synonyms:

Joan Miro; Miro

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

Sense 2

Meaning:

New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

Synonyms:

black pine; miro; Podocarpus ferruginea; Prumnopitys ferruginea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

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

genus Prumnopitys; Prumnopitys (mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus)

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