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CUCUMBER TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cucumber tree mean?
• CUCUMBER TREE (noun)
The noun CUCUMBER TREE has 1 sense:
1. American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber
Familiarity information: CUCUMBER TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cucumber tree; Magnolia acuminata
Hypernyms ("cucumber tree" is a kind of...):
magnolia (any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms)
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