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SPANISH CEDAR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

Synonyms:

Cedrela odorata; Spanish cedar; Spanish cedar tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Spanish cedar" is a kind of...):

mahogany; mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)

Meronyms (substance of "Spanish cedar"):

cigar-box cedar (fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes)

Holonyms ("Spanish cedar" is a member of...):

Cedrela; genus Cedrela (tropical American trees)

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