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CONACASTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conacaste mean?
• CONACASTE (noun)
The noun CONACASTE has 1 sense:
1. tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber
Familiarity information: CONACASTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
conacaste; elephant's ear; Enterolobium cyclocarpa
Hypernyms ("conacaste" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("conacaste" is a member of...):
Enterolobium; genus Enterolobium (small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia)
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