PERUVIAN MASTIC TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peruvian mastic tree mean? 

• PERUVIAN MASTIC TREE (noun)
  The noun PERUVIAN MASTIC TREE has 1 sense:

1. small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

  Familiarity information: PERUVIAN MASTIC TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERUVIAN MASTIC TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle

Hypernyms ("Peruvian mastic tree" 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 ("Peruvian mastic tree" is a member of...):

genus Schinus; Schinus (genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China)