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PARKIA JAVANICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parkia javanica mean? 

PARKIA JAVANICA (noun)
  The noun PARKIA JAVANICA has 1 sense:

1. tall evergreen rain forest tree with wide-spreading crown having yellow-white flowers; grown as an ornamental in parks and large gardensplay

  Familiarity information: PARKIA JAVANICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARKIA JAVANICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall evergreen rain forest tree with wide-spreading crown having yellow-white flowers; grown as an ornamental in parks and large gardens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Parkia javanica" is a kind of...):

nitta tree (any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp)


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