breakax

breakax
noun
West Indian timber tree having very hard wood
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sloanea, ↑genus Sloanea

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noun or breakaxe \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\
: any of various hardwoods difficult to chop: as
a. : the wood of a West Indian tree (Sloanea jamaicensis)
b. : a quebracho (Pithecolobium arboreum)

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  • breakaxe — noun West Indian timber tree having very hard wood • Syn: ↑breakax, ↑break axe, ↑Sloanea jamaicensis • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Sloanea, ↑genus Sloanea …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sloanea — noun genus of tropical hardwood timber trees • Syn: ↑genus Sloanea • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Elaeocarpaceae, ↑family Elaeocarpaceae, ↑elaeocarpus family …   Useful english dictionary

  • breakaxe — reakaxe n. a West Indian timber tree ({Sloanea jamaicensis}) having very hard wood. Syn: breakax. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sloanea jamaicensis — breakaxe reakaxe n. a West Indian timber tree ({Sloanea jamaicensis}) having very hard wood. Syn: breakax. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • break-axe — noun West Indian timber tree having very hard wood • Syn: ↑breakax, ↑breakaxe, ↑Sloanea jamaicensis • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Sloanea, ↑genus Sloanea …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Sloanea — noun genus of tropical hardwood timber trees • Syn: ↑Sloanea • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Elaeocarpaceae, ↑family Elaeocarpaceae, ↑elaeocarpus family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sloanea jamaicensis — noun West Indian timber tree having very hard wood • Syn: ↑breakax, ↑breakaxe, ↑break axe • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Sloanea, ↑genus Sloanea …   Useful english dictionary

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