STAFF TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does staff tree mean? 

• STAFF TREE (noun)
  The noun STAFF TREE has 1 sense:

1. any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAFF TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Celastrus; genus Celastrus (genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet)