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    BREAK-AXE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    West Indian timber tree having very hard woodplay

    Synonyms:

    break-axe; breakax; breakaxe; Sloanea jamaicensis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("break-axe" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Holonyms ("break-axe" is a member of...):

    genus Sloanea; Sloanea (genus of tropical hardwood timber trees)

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