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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 leavesplay

  Familiarity information: PALOVERDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PALOVERDE (noun)


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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