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FRINGE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fringe tree mean? 

FRINGE TREE (noun)
  The noun FRINGE TREE has 1 sense:

1. any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthusplay

  Familiarity information: FRINGE TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRINGE TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fringe 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fringe tree"):

Chionanthus virginicus; fringe bush (small bushy tree of southeastern United States having profuse clusters of white flowers)

Holonyms ("fringe tree" is a member of...):

Chionanthus; genus Chionanthus (deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree)


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