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    AUSTRALIAN CHESTNUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong woodplay

    Synonyms:

    Australian chestnut; Moreton Bay chestnut

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Australian chestnut" is a kind of...):

    bean tree (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)

    Holonyms ("Australian chestnut" is a member of...):

    Castanospermum; genus Castanospermum (a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut)

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