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PANAMA REDWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Panama redwood; Panama redwood tree; Platymiscium pinnatum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Panama redwood" is a kind of...):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hard heavy red wood of a quira tree

Synonyms:

Panama redwood; quira

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Panama redwood" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Panama redwood" is a substance of...):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)

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