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CITRONWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)

Synonyms:

citronwood; sandarac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("citronwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("citronwood" is a substance of...):

Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata (large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wood of a citron tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("citronwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("citronwood" is a substance of...):

citron; citron tree; Citrus medica (thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind)

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