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TIPU TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tipu tree mean?
• TIPU TREE (noun)
The noun TIPU TREE has 1 sense:
1. semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental
Familiarity information: TIPU TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pride of Bolivia; tipu; tipu tree; yellow jacaranda
Hypernyms ("tipu tree" 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 ("tipu tree" is a member of...):
genus Tipuana; Tipuana (one species: South American tree: tipu tree)
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