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MOLLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does molle mean?
• MOLLE (noun)
The noun MOLLE has 1 sense:
1. small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
Familiarity information: MOLLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle
Hypernyms ("molle" 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 ("molle" is a member of...):
genus Schinus; Schinus (genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China)
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