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English noun: Mesua ferrea

1. Mesua ferrea (plant) 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


Synonymsironwood, ironwood tree, rose chestnut


Broader (hypernym)tree


Member meronymgenus Mesua, Mesua









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