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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 gardens
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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