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PLATYMISCIUM TRINITATIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platymiscium trinitatis mean? 

PLATYMISCIUM TRINITATIS (noun)
  The noun PLATYMISCIUM TRINITATIS has 1 sense:

1. large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardensplay

  Familiarity information: PLATYMISCIUM TRINITATIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLATYMISCIUM TRINITATIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Platymiscium trinitatis; roble

Hypernyms ("Platymiscium trinitatis" is a kind of...):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)


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