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Definition of Breakax
1. Noun. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood.
Exact synonyms: Break-axe, Breakaxe, Sloanea Jamaicensis
Group relationships: Genus Sloanea, Sloanea
Generic synonyms: Tree
Group relationships: Genus Sloanea, Sloanea
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breakax
Literary usage of Breakax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under the Cuban Flag: Or, The Cacique's Treasure by Frederick Albion Ober (1897)
"... tropical forests are mainly very hard and dense of grain, such as the mahogany,
rosewood, ironwood, and the quiebra-hacha, rightly called the breakax ..."
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