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NAKEDWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood

Synonyms:

Eugenia dicrana; nakedwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)

Holonyms ("nakedwood" is a member of...):

Eugenia; genus Eugenia (tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

Colubrina; genus Colubrina (mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits)

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