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    SATINWOOD TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish woodplay

    Synonyms:

    Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood; satinwood tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("satinwood 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 "satinwood tree"):

    satinwood (hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools)

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

    Chloroxylon; genus Chloroxylon (deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka)

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