DITA BARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dita bark mean? 

• DITA BARK (noun)
  The noun DITA BARK has 1 sense:

1. evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally

  Familiarity information: DITA BARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DITA BARK (noun)

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Meaning:

Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alstonia scholaris; devil tree; dita; dita bark

Hypernyms ("dita bark" 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 ("dita bark" is a member of...):

Alstonia; genus Alstonia (genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia)