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    SPANISH ELM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable woodplay

    Synonyms:

    Cordia alliodora; cypre; Equador laurel; princewood; salmwood; Spanish elm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Spanish elm" is a kind of...):

    angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

    Holonyms ("Spanish elm" is a member of...):

    Cordia; genus Cordia (tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Tropical American timber treeplay

    Synonyms:

    Cordia gerascanthus; princewood; Spanish elm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Spanish elm" 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 ("Spanish elm" is a member of...):

    Cordia; genus Cordia (tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)

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