English Dictionary |
ORDEAL TREE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does ordeal tree mean?
• ORDEAL TREE (noun)
The noun ORDEAL TREE has 1 sense:
1. evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
Familiarity information: ORDEAL TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acocanthera oppositifolia; Acocanthera venenata; bushman's poison; ordeal tree
Hypernyms ("ordeal tree" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("ordeal tree" is a member of...):
Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera (small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Learn to walk before you run." (English proverb)
"A spared body only goes twenty-four hours further that another" (Breton proverb)
"A mosquito can make the lion's eye bleed." (Arabic proverb)
"You will get furthest with honesty." (Czech proverb)
"A spared body only goes twenty-four hours further that another" (Breton proverb)
"A mosquito can make the lion's eye bleed." (Arabic proverb)
"You will get furthest with honesty." (Czech proverb)