HyperDic: rabbitwood

English > 1 sense of the word rabbitwood:
NOUNplantrabbitwood, buffalo nut, Pyrularia puberashrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes
English > rabbitwood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningshrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes.
Synonymsbuffalo nut, Pyrularia pubera
Member ofPyrularia, genus Pyrulariasmall genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs
Partsbuffalo nut, elk nut, oil nutoily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
Broaderparasitic plantplant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it

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