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TAR-WOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes

Synonyms:

Dacrydium colensoi; tar-wood; tarwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tar-wood" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("tar-wood" is a member of...):

Dacrydium; genus Dacrydium (Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

New Zealand shrub

Synonyms:

Dacrydium bidwilli; Halocarpus bidwilli; New Zealand mountain pine; tar-wood; tarwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tar-wood" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("tar-wood" is a member of...):

genus Halocarpus; Halocarpus (dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium)

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