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    GENUS DALBERGIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbersplay

    Synonyms:

    Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Dalbergia" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Dalbergia"):

    Dalbergia latifolia; East India rosewood; East Indian rosewood; Indian blackwood; Indian rosewood (East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood)

    Dalbergia sissoo; sisham; sissoo; sissu (East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties)

    Dalbergia cearensis; kingwood; kingwood tree (Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood)

    Brazilian rosewood; caviuna wood; Dalbergia nigra; jacaranda (an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black)

    cocobolo; Dalbergia retusa (a valuable timber tree of tropical South America)

    Holonyms ("genus Dalbergia" is a member of...):

    Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

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