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    COCOBOLO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A valuable timber tree of tropical South Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    cocobolo; Dalbergia retusa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("cocobolo" 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)

    Meronyms (substance of "cocobolo"):

    granadilla wood (dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets)

    Holonyms ("cocobolo" is a member of...):

    Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)

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