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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 timberplay

  Familiarity information: CONACASTE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONACASTE (noun)


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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