granadilla wood

granadilla wood
noun
1. dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets
• Hypernyms: ↑wood
• Substance Holonyms: ↑cocobolo, ↑Dalbergia retusa
2. wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
• Syn: ↑cocuswood, ↑cocoswood
• Hypernyms: ↑wood
• Substance Holonyms: ↑granadilla tree, ↑granadillo, ↑Brya ebenus

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noun
1. : the wood of the granadilla tree — called also cocuswood
2. : a dark red hardwood derived from a cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa) of northern So. America and used in making musical instruments (as clarinets)
3. in Puerto Rico : the yellow satiny wood of a tropical American tree (Buchenavia capitata) of the family Combretaceae
4. : the chocolate-brown hardwood of a tropical American tree (Caesalpinia granadillo)

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  • granadilla tree — noun West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony • Syn: ↑granadillo, ↑Brya ebenus • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Substance Meronyms: ↑cocuswood, ↑cocoswood, ↑granadilla wood …   Useful english dictionary

  • cocus wood — cocuswood co cus*wood , cocus wood co cus wood A West Indian wood obtained from the granadilla tree, used for making flutes, clarinets, and other musical instruments. [Also spelled {cocoswood}.] Syn: granadilla wood. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • granadillo — noun West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony • Syn: ↑granadilla tree, ↑Brya ebenus • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Substance Meronyms: ↑cocuswood, ↑cocoswood, ↑granadilla wood …   Useful english dictionary

  • cocoswood — noun wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets • Syn: ↑cocuswood, ↑granadilla wood • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑granadilla tree, ↑granadillo, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cocuswood — noun wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets • Syn: ↑cocoswood, ↑granadilla wood • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑granadilla tree, ↑granadillo, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cocoswood — cocuswood co cus*wood , cocus wood co cus wood A West Indian wood obtained from the granadilla tree, used for making flutes, clarinets, and other musical instruments. [Also spelled {cocoswood}.] Syn: granadilla wood. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cocuswood — co cus*wood , cocus wood co cus wood A West Indian wood obtained from the granadilla tree, used for making flutes, clarinets, and other musical instruments. [Also spelled {cocoswood}.] Syn: granadilla wood. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • partridgewood — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. (1) : the hard reddish mottled wood of a tree of the genus Andira (especially A. americana) used especially for walking sticks and cabinetwork called also acapu, pheasantwood ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • Brya ebenus — noun West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony • Syn: ↑granadilla tree, ↑granadillo • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Substance Meronyms: ↑cocuswood, ↑cocoswood, ↑granadilla wood …   Useful english dictionary

  • cocoswood — co cos*wood same as {cocus wood}. Syn: granadilla wood. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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