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WINTER'S BARK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood

Synonyms:

Drimys winteri; winter's bark; winter's bark tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("winter's bark" 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 (parts of "winter's bark"):

winter's bark (aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties)

Holonyms ("winter's bark" is a member of...):

Drimys; genus Drimys (shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("winter's bark" is a kind of...):

bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)

Holonyms ("winter's bark" is a part of...):

Drimys winteri; winter's bark; winter's bark tree (South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood)

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