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PALOVERDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paloverde mean?
• PALOVERDE (noun)
The noun PALOVERDE has 1 sense:
1. a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves
Familiarity information: PALOVERDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("paloverde" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
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