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DEVIL TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does devil tree mean?
• DEVIL TREE (noun)
The noun DEVIL TREE has 1 sense:
1. evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
Familiarity information: DEVIL TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alstonia scholaris; devil tree; dita; dita bark
Hypernyms ("devil tree" 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 ("devil tree" is a member of...):
Alstonia; genus Alstonia (genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia)
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