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    ROSE CHESTNUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad tiesplay

    Synonyms:

    ironwood; ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("rose chestnut" 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 ("rose chestnut" is a member of...):

    genus Mesua; Mesua (genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers)

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