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JOEWOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
Synonyms:
barbasco; Jacquinia keyensis; joewood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("joewood" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("joewood" is a member of...):
genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)