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PARKINSONIA FLORIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parkinsonia florida mean? 

PARKINSONIA FLORIDA (noun)
  The noun PARKINSONIA FLORIDA has 1 sense:

1. densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidiumplay

  Familiarity information: PARKINSONIA FLORIDA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARKINSONIA FLORIDA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cercidium floridum; palo verde; Parkinsonia florida

Hypernyms ("Parkinsonia florida" 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 ("Parkinsonia florida" is a member of...):

genus Parkinsonia; Parkinsonia (small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees)


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