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CAMWOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
Synonyms:
African sandalwood; Baphia nitida; camwood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("camwood" 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 ("camwood" is a member of...):
Baphia; genus Baphia (small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar)