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PARADISE TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paradise tree mean?
• PARADISE TREE (noun)
The noun PARADISE TREE has 1 sense:
1. medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
Familiarity information: PARADISE TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bitterwood; paradise tree; Simarouba glauca
Hypernyms ("paradise tree" is a kind of...):
bitterwood tree (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)
Holonyms ("paradise tree" is a member of...):
genus Simarouba; Simarouba (type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark)
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