noun
West Indian timber tree having very hard wood
• Syn: ↑breakaxe, ↑break-axe, ↑Sloanea jamaicensis
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sloanea, ↑genus Sloanea
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noun or breakaxe \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ : any of various hardwoods difficult to chop: as
a. : the wood of a West Indian tree (Sloanea jamaicensis)
b. : a quebracho (Pithecolobium arboreum)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.