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ROSE CHESTNUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
Synonyms:
ironwood; ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rose chestnut" 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 ("rose chestnut" is a member of...):
genus Mesua; Mesua (genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers)
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