Grenadilla

Quick meaning: Grenadilla is a noun meaning African blackwood, a tree of species Dalbergia melanoxylon, found in Africa, valued for its timber.

Meaning

African blackwood, a tree of species Dalbergia melanoxylon, found in Africa, valued for its timber.

More Meanings

1. The wood obtained from this plant, blackwood, which is particularly used for making musical instruments.
2. Alternative form of granadilla.

Example Sentences

On these plains, too, you will find the bushy oleander, many varieties of Jerusalem thorn and African rose, the bright scarlet of the cordium, bowers of jessamine, vines of grenadilla, and the silver and silky leaves of the portlandia.

Here and there we found a European farm, marked in the distance by the waving tops of the gum-trees, with the low wooden house festooned by the brilliant mauve blossoms of the climbing bougainvillea, and the garden enclosed by hedges of grenadilla, whose fruit is much eaten in South Africa.

Word Forms

• grenadillas

Synonyms for grenadilla

Depending on context, synonyms include mpingo.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blackwood, grenadillo, coralwood, granadilla, mpingo, gonakie.

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