DEVILWOOD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits

Synonyms:

American olive; devilwood; Osmanthus americanus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("devilwood" 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 ("devilwood" is a member of...):

genus Osmanthus; Osmanthus (widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan)