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quira

noun

1. hard heavy red wood of a quira tree

• Syn: ↑Panama redwood

• Hypernyms: ↑wood

2. any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber

• Hypernyms: ↑tree

• Hyponyms: ↑roble, ↑Platymiscium trinitatis, ↑Panama redwood tree, ↑Panama redwood, ↑Platymiscium pinnatum

• Member Holonyms: ↑Platymiscium, ↑genus Platymiscium

• Substance Meronyms: ↑Panama redwood

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\\ˈkērə\ noun (-s)

Etymology: American Spanish

1. : any of several tropical American trees constituting a genus (Platymiscium) of the family Leguminosae, having pinnate leaves and yellow flowers, and including several (as P. polystachyum and P. pinnatum) that yield economically important timber

2. : the reddish brown heavy wood of a quira — see panama redwood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.