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MOLLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does molle mean? 

MOLLE (noun)
  The noun MOLLE has 1 sense:

1. small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: MOLLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOLLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle

Hypernyms ("molle" 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 ("molle" is a member of...):

genus Schinus; Schinus (genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China)


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