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SATINWOOD TREE

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Meaning:

East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood

Synonyms:

Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood; satinwood tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("satinwood tree" 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 "satinwood tree"):

satinwood (hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools)

Holonyms ("satinwood tree" is a member of...):

Chloroxylon; genus Chloroxylon (deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka)

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