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SCARLET WISTERIA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scarlet wisteria tree mean? 

SCARLET WISTERIA TREE (noun)
  The noun SCARLET WISTERIA TREE has 1 sense:

1. a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indiesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SCARLET WISTERIA TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

scarlet wisteria tree; Sesbania grandiflora; vegetable hummingbird

Hypernyms ("scarlet wisteria 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 ("scarlet wisteria tree" is a member of...):

genus Sesbania (small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees)


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