SYMPLOCUS TINCTORIA

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Meaning:

Small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye

Synonyms:

sweetleaf; Symplocus tinctoria

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Symplocus tinctoria" is a kind of...):

angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)

Holonyms ("Symplocus tinctoria" is a member of...):

genus Symplocus; Symplocus (type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf)

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