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LANCEWOOD TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Source of most of the lancewood of commerce

Synonyms:

lancewood; lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lancewood tree" 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 "lancewood tree"):

lancewood (durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood

Synonyms:

Calophyllum candidissimum; lancewood tree; laurelwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lancewood tree" 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 ("lancewood tree" is a member of...):

Calophyllum; genus Calophyllum (genus of tropical evergreen trees)

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