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1. English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian,
definition	:	a theatrical performer (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	theatrical producer,
definition	:	someone who produces theatrical performances (noun.person)

2. a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	ligneous plant, woody plant,
definition	:	a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	yellowwood, yellowwood tree,
definition	:	any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	lancewood, lancewood tree, oxandra lanceolata,
definition	:	source of most of the lancewood of commerce (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	guinea pepper, negro pepper, xylopia aethiopica,
definition	:	tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	anise tree,
definition	:	any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	drimys winteri, winter's bark, winter's bark tree,
definition	:	South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	zebrawood, zebrawood tree,
definition	:	any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	brya ebenus, granadilla tree, granadillo,
definition	:	West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	acacia,
definition	:	any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	adenanthera pavonina, barbados pride, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood,
definition	:	East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	albizia, albizzia,
definition	:	any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	conacaste, elephant's ear, enterolobium cyclocarpa,
definition	:	tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	inga,
definition	:	any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ice-cream bean, inga edulis,
definition	:	ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	guama, inga laurina,
definition	:	tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	lead tree, leucaena glauca, leucaena leucocephala, white popinac,
definition	:	low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	lysiloma bahamensis, lysiloma latisiliqua, wild tamarind,
definition	:	a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	nitta tree,
definition	:	any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind,
definition	:	common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita, dita bark,
definition	:	evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	conessi, holarrhena antidysenterica, holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi,
definition	:	tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	meryta sinclairii, puka,
definition	:	small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cockspur, pisonia aculeata,
definition	:	small spiny West Indian tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	pandanus, screw pine,
definition	:	any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	hoheria populnea, houhere, lacebark, ribbonwood,
definition	:	small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	plagianthus betulinus, plagianthus regius, ribbon tree, ribbonwood,
definition	:	deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	tulipwood tree,
definition	:	any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bombax ceiba, bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal,
definition	:	East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	montezuma,
definition	:	evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	pseudobombax ellipticum, shaving-brush tree,
definition	:	tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	blue fig, brisbane quandong, elaeocarpus grandis, quandong, quandong tree, silver quandong tree,
definition	:	Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calabur tree, calabura, jamaican cherry, muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood,
definition	:	a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	break-axe, breakax, breakaxe, sloanea jamaicensis,
definition	:	West Indian timber tree having very hard wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bottle tree, bottle-tree,
definition	:	an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	chinese parasol, chinese parasol tree, firmiana simplex, japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree,
definition	:	deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	maple-leaved bayur, mayeng, pterospermum acerifolium,
definition	:	Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	silver tree, tarrietia argyrodendron,
definition	:	Australian timber tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	arere, obeche, obechi, samba, triplochiton scleroxcylon,
definition	:	large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree,
definition	:	any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	leucadendron argenteum, silver tree,
definition	:	small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	orites excelsa, prickly ash,
definition	:	Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	firewheel tree, stenocarpus sinuatus, wheel tree,
definition	:	eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	beefwood, scrub beefwood, stenocarpus salignus,
definition	:	tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	casuarina,
definition	:	any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	beech, beech tree,
definition	:	any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	chestnut, chestnut tree,
definition	:	any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	oak chestnut,
definition	:	a tree of the genus Castanopsis (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	castanea chrysophylla, castanopsis chrysophylla, chrysolepis chrysophylla, giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin,
definition	:	small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	lithocarpus densiflorus, tanbark oak,
definition	:	evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	evergreen beech, southern beech,
definition	:	any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	oak, oak tree,
definition	:	a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	birch, birch tree,
definition	:	any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	alder, alder tree,
definition	:	north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	hornbeam,
definition	:	any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	hop hornbeam,
definition	:	any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fringe tree,
definition	:	any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ash, ash tree,
definition	:	any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american olive, devilwood, osmanthus americanus,
definition	:	small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	dhava, dhawa,
definition	:	an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	button mangrove, button tree, conocarpus erectus,
definition	:	evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	laguncularia racemosa, white mangrove,
definition	:	shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bay-rum tree, bayberry, jamaica bayberry, pimenta acris, wild cinnamon,
definition	:	West Indian tree; source of bay rum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	gum, gum tree,
definition	:	any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	poon,
definition	:	any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calaba, calophyllum calaba, santa maria tree,
definition	:	West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calophyllum longifolium, maria,
definition	:	valuable timber tree of Panama (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calophyllum candidissimum, lancewood tree, laurelwood,
definition	:	tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	clusia,
definition	:	an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	clusia flava, wild fig,
definition	:	a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ironwood, ironwood tree, mesua ferrea, rose chestnut,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	caryocar nuciferum, souari, souari nut, souari tree,
definition	:	large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	dipterocarp,
definition	:	tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ceylon gooseberry, dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla,
definition	:	a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, hydnocarpus kurzii, taraktagenos kurzii, taraktogenos kurzii,
definition	:	East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	hydnocarpus laurifolia, hydnocarpus wightiana,
definition	:	leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	idesia, idesia polycarpa,
definition	:	deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	australian nettle, australian nettle tree,
definition	:	any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fig tree,
definition	:	any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	elm, elm tree,
definition	:	any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	hackberry, nettle tree,
definition	:	any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cabbage tree, cordyline australis, grass tree,
definition	:	elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bonduc, bonduc tree, caesalpinia bonduc, caesalpinia bonducella,
definition	:	tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	caesalpinia coriaria, divi-divi,
definition	:	small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	brazilwood, caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood,
definition	:	tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	brazilian ironwood, caesalpinia ferrea,
definition	:	thornless tree yielding heavy wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	acrocarpus fraxinifolius, shingle tree,
definition	:	East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	brachystegia speciformis, msasa,
definition	:	small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cassia,
definition	:	any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	locust, locust tree,
definition	:	any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bonduc, chicot, gymnocladus dioica, kentucky coffee tree,
definition	:	handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cercidium floridum, palo verde, parkinsonia florida,
definition	:	densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	andelmin, angelim,
definition	:	any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	african sandalwood, baphia nitida, camwood,
definition	:	small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	butea frondosa, butea monosperma, dak, dhak, palas,
definition	:	East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	rosewood, rosewood tree,
definition	:	any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissoo, sissu,
definition	:	East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	dalbergia cearensis, kingwood, kingwood tree,
definition	:	Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cocobolo, dalbergia retusa,
definition	:	a valuable timber tree of tropical South America (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	blackwood, blackwood tree,
definition	:	any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	coral tree, erythrina,
definition	:	any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	gliricidia,
definition	:	any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	millettia,
definition	:	any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	myroxylon balsamum, myroxylon toluiferum, tolu balsam tree, tolu tree,
definition	:	medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	myroxylon balsamum pereirae, myroxylon pereirae, peruvian balsam,
definition	:	tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	necklace tree,
definition	:	a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fish fuddle, jamaica dogwood, piscidia erythrina, piscidia piscipula,
definition	:	small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	quira,
definition	:	any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	indian beech, pongamia glabra,
definition	:	evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bloodwood tree, kiaat, pterocarpus angolensis,
definition	:	deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	amboyna, padauk, padouk, pterocarpus indicus,
definition	:	tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	burma padauk, burmese rosewood, pterocarpus macrocarpus,
definition	:	tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	kino, pterocarpus marsupium,
definition	:	East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	pterocarpus santalinus, red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders,
definition	:	tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	carib wood, sabinea carinalis,
definition	:	small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	scarlet wisteria tree, sesbania grandiflora, vegetable hummingbird,
definition	:	a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	chinese scholar tree, chinese scholartree, japanese pagoda tree, sophora japonica, sophora sinensis,
definition	:	handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	coral bean, frijolillo, frijolito, mescal bean, sophora secundiflora,
definition	:	shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	kowhai, sophora tetraptera,
definition	:	shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	pride of bolivia, tipu, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda,
definition	:	semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	keurboom, virgilia capensis, virgilia oroboides,
definition	:	tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	keurboom, virgilia divaricata,
definition	:	fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	palm, palm tree,
definition	:	any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calycophyllum candidissimum, dagame, lemonwood tree,
definition	:	source of a tough elastic wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	coffee, coffee tree,
definition	:	any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	chinchona, cinchona,
definition	:	any of several trees of the genus Cinchona (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	nauclea diderrichii, opepe, sarcocephalus diderrichii,
definition	:	large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	lemon-wood, lemon-wood tree, lemonwood, lemonwood tree, psychotria capensis,
definition	:	South African evergreen having hard tough wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	medlar, vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree,
definition	:	small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	spanish tamarind, vangueria madagascariensis,
definition	:	shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	incense tree,
definition	:	any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	mahogany, mahogany tree,
definition	:	any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	azedarach, azederach, china tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, melia azedarach, melia azederach, persian lilac, pride-of-india,
definition	:	tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	arishth, azadirachta indica, margosa, melia azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree,
definition	:	large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	chloroxylon swietenia, satinwood, satinwood tree,
definition	:	East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	silver ash,
definition	:	any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	langsat, langset, lanseh tree, lansium domesticum,
definition	:	East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	african walnut, lovoa klaineana,
definition	:	tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	turreae,
definition	:	any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	lepidobotrys,
definition	:	African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	caracolito, ruptiliocarpon caracolito,
definition	:	large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cork tree, phellodendron amurense,
definition	:	deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	poncirus trifoliata, trifoliata, trifoliate orange, wild orange,
definition	:	small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	prickly ash,
definition	:	any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bitterwood tree,
definition	:	any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	kirkia wilmsii, pepper tree,
definition	:	small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	willow, willow tree,
definition	:	any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	sandalwood tree, santalum album, true sandalwood,
definition	:	parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	eucarya acuminata, fusanus acuminatus, quandang, quandong, quandong tree,
definition	:	Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	aalii,
definition	:	a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	soapberry, soapberry tree,
definition	:	a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	aroeira blanca, schinus chichita,
definition	:	small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	molle, pepper tree, peruvian mastic tree, schinus molle,
definition	:	small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	brazilian pepper tree, schinus terebinthifolius,
definition	:	small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	diospyros ebenum, ebony, ebony tree,
definition	:	tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	andaman marble, diospyros kurzii, marble-wood, marblewood,
definition	:	large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, manilkara bidentata,
definition	:	a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	gutta-percha tree, palaquium gutta,
definition	:	one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	gutta-percha tree,
definition	:	one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calocarpum zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, pouteria zapota, sapote,
definition	:	tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ceratopetalum gummiferum, christmas bush, christmas tree,
definition	:	Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	plane tree, platan, sycamore,
definition	:	any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	calabash, calabash tree, crescentia cujete,
definition	:	tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cordia gerascanthus, princewood, spanish elm,
definition	:	tropical American timber tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	avicennia officinalis, white mangrove,
definition	:	a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	aegiceras majus, black mangrove,
definition	:	an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	teak, tectona grandis,
definition	:	tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	snag,
definition	:	a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	timber tree,
definition	:	any tree that is valued as a source of lumber or timber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	treelet,
definition	:	a small tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	arbor,
definition	:	tree (as opposed to shrub) (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bean tree,
definition	:	any of several trees having seedpods as fruits (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	pollard,
definition	:	a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	sapling,
definition	:	young tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	shade tree,
definition	:	a tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	gymnospermous tree,
definition	:	any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	angiospermous tree, flowering tree,
definition	:	any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	fever tree,
definition	:	any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bonsai,
definition	:	a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	nakedwood,
definition	:	any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	hazel, hazel tree, pomaderris apetala,
definition	:	Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	tree of knowledge,
definition	:	the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	stump, tree stump,
definition	:	the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	crown, treetop,
definition	:	the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	limb, tree branch,
definition	:	any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	bole, tree trunk, trunk,
definition	:	the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	burl,
definition	:	a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	forest, wood, woods,
definition	:	the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area (noun.group)

substance holonym	:	sapwood,
definition	:	newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	duramen, heartwood,
definition	:	the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood (noun.plant)

3. a figure that branches from a single root (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	plane figure, two-dimensional figure,
definition	:	a two-dimensional shape (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	cladogram,
definition	:	a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	stemma,
definition	:	a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work (noun.shape)

4. stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree (verb.change)

hypernym	:	elongate, stretch,
definition	:	make long or longer by pulling and stretching (verb.change)

5. chase an animal up a tree (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail,
definition	:	go after with the intent to catch (verb.motion)

6. plant with trees (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	plant, set,
definition	:	put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground (verb.contact)

7. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer,
definition	:	direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb.motion)

8. a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

derivation	:	treelet,
definition	:	a small tree (noun.plant)

derivation	:	tree,
definition	:	chase an animal up a tree (verb.competition)

derivation	:	tree,
definition	:	plant with trees (verb.contact)

9. chase an animal up a tree (verb.competition)

derivation	:	tree, tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

10. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape (verb.motion)

derivation	:	corner, nook,
definition	:	an interior angle formed by two meeting walls (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	corner,
definition	:	the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect (noun.location)

derivation	:	corner, niche, recess, recession,
definition	:	a small concavity (noun.shape)

derivation	:	box, corner,
definition	:	a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible (noun.state)

11. a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

derivation	:	treelet,
definition	:	a small tree (noun.plant)

derivation	:	tree,
definition	:	chase an animal up a tree (verb.competition)

derivation	:	tree,
definition	:	plant with trees (verb.contact)

12. chase an animal up a tree (verb.competition)

derivation	:	tree, tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

13. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape (verb.motion)

derivation	:	corner, nook,
definition	:	an interior angle formed by two meeting walls (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	corner,
definition	:	the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect (noun.location)

derivation	:	corner, niche, recess, recession,
definition	:	a small concavity (noun.shape)

derivation	:	box, corner,
definition	:	a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible (noun.state)

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