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KINGWOOD TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
Synonyms:
Dalbergia cearensis; kingwood; kingwood tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kingwood tree" 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 "kingwood tree"):
kingwood (handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork)
Holonyms ("kingwood tree" 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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