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PARKINSONIA FLORIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Parkinsonia florida mean?
• PARKINSONIA FLORIDA (noun)
The noun PARKINSONIA FLORIDA has 1 sense:
1. densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
Familiarity information: PARKINSONIA FLORIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cercidium floridum; palo verde; Parkinsonia florida
Hypernyms ("Parkinsonia florida" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Parkinsonia florida" is a member of...):
genus Parkinsonia; Parkinsonia (small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees)
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