SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Schinus terebinthifolius mean? 

• SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS (noun)
  The noun SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS has 1 sense:

1. small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen

  Familiarity information: SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brazilian pepper tree; Schinus terebinthifolius

Hypernyms ("Schinus terebinthifolius" 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 ("Schinus terebinthifolius" 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)