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PARADISE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paradise tree mean? 

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

1. medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruitsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PARADISE TREE (noun)


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Meaning:

Medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bitterwood; paradise tree; Simarouba glauca

Hypernyms ("paradise tree" is a kind of...):

bitterwood tree (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)

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

genus Simarouba; Simarouba (type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark)


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