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ORDEAL TREE

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 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 Africaplay

  Familiarity information: ORDEAL TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDEAL TREE (noun)


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)


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