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    LEMONWOOD TREE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Source of a tough elastic woodplay

    Synonyms:

    Calycophyllum candidissimum; dagame; lemonwood tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    Calycophyllum; genus Calycophyllum (medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    South African evergreen having hard tough woodplay

    Synonyms:

    lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("lemonwood 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 (parts of "lemonwood tree"):

    lemonwood (hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods)

    Holonyms ("lemonwood tree" is a member of...):

    genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)

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