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TRAVELLER'S TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traveller's tree mean? 

TRAVELLER'S TREE (noun)
  The noun TRAVELLER'S TREE has 1 sense:

1. giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelersplay

  Familiarity information: TRAVELLER'S TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRAVELLER'S TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ravenala; Ravenala madagascariensis; traveler's tree; traveller's tree

Hypernyms ("traveller's tree" is a kind of...):

ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

Holonyms ("traveller's tree" is a member of...):

genus Ravenala (woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae)


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