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TEMPLE TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does temple tree mean?
• TEMPLE TREE (noun)
The noun TEMPLE TREE has 1 sense:
1. frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens
Familiarity information: TEMPLE TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pagoda tree; Plumeria acutifolia; temple tree
Hypernyms ("temple tree" is a kind of...):
frangipani; frangipanni (any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers)
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