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LYSILOMA BAHAMENSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lysiloma bahamensis mean?
• LYSILOMA BAHAMENSIS (noun)
The noun LYSILOMA BAHAMENSIS has 1 sense:
1. a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
Familiarity information: LYSILOMA BAHAMENSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lysiloma bahamensis; Lysiloma latisiliqua; wild tamarind
Hypernyms ("Lysiloma bahamensis" 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 ("Lysiloma bahamensis" is a member of...):
genus Lysiloma; Lysiloma (small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods)
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