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COCOBOLO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valuable timber tree of tropical South America
Synonyms:
cocobolo; Dalbergia retusa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cocobolo" 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 (substance of "cocobolo"):
granadilla wood (dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets)
Holonyms ("cocobolo" is a member of...):
Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)
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