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STAFF TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does staff tree mean?
• STAFF TREE (noun)
The noun STAFF TREE has 1 sense:
1. any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus
Familiarity information: STAFF TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("staff tree" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("staff tree" is a member of...):
Celastrus; genus Celastrus (genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet)
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