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PHOENIX TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phoenix tree mean? 

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

1. deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike podsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PHOENIX TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese parasol; Chinese parasol tree; Firmiana simplex; Japanese varnish tree; phoenix tree

Hypernyms ("phoenix 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 ("phoenix tree" is a member of...):

Firmiana; genus Firmiana (small genus of Asian trees or shrubs)


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