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    TAR-WOOD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudesplay

    Synonyms:

    Dacrydium colensoi; tar-wood; tarwood

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

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

    Dacrydium; genus Dacrydium (Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    New Zealand shrubplay

    Synonyms:

    Dacrydium bidwilli; Halocarpus bidwilli; New Zealand mountain pine; tar-wood; tarwood

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

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

    genus Halocarpus; Halocarpus (dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium)

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