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lignum vitae vs flowering tree

flowering tree vs lignum vitae

lignum vitae and flowering tree both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lignum vitae Yes No No No
flowering tree Yes No No No
As nouns, flowering tree is a hypernym of lignum vitae; that is, flowering tree is a word with a broader meaning than lignum vitae:
  • lignum vitae: small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin
  • flowering tree: any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
Other hypernyms of lignum vitae include angiospermous tree.
lignum vitae (noun) flowering tree (noun)
small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
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