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    ARROW WOOD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrowsplay

    Synonyms:

    arrow wood; southern arrow wood; Viburnum dentatum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("arrow wood" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("arrow wood" is a member of...):

    genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgiaplay

    Synonyms:

    arrow wood; Viburnum recognitum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("arrow wood" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("arrow wood" is a member of...):

    genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)

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