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MARBLE-WOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood

Synonyms:

Andaman marble; Diospyros kurzii; marble-wood; marblewood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("marble-wood" 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 "marble-wood"):

marble-wood; marblewood (hard marbled wood)

Holonyms ("marble-wood" is a member of...):

Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hard marbled wood

Synonyms:

marble-wood; marblewood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("marble-wood" is a kind of...):

zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)

Holonyms ("marble-wood" is a substance of...):

Andaman marble; Diospyros kurzii; marble-wood; marblewood (large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood)

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