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A South American tropical fruit tree, Pouteria caimito.
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(uncountable) The dark wood of these trees.
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Genus Afzelia of the family Fabaceae (legumes), especially Afzelia africana.
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Hagenia abyssinica (East African rosewood), a species of flowering plant native to high-elevation regions of central and eastern Africa.
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The tree Sesbania grandiflora.
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Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum
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(New Zealand) The tree Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
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The honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Aires.
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A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus.
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The tree Pterocarpus indicus.
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Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
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A species of the genus Araucaria.
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betel palm, Areca catechu
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A tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.
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Alternative form of ashoka [A tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.]
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A fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii
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The latex obtained from this tree.
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A West African palm tree, Raphia vinifera.
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(Caribbean) A tree of the soapberry family, Matayba apetala.
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The Indian almond, Terminalia catappa.
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A small spiny cactus of Mexico and the southwest United States that is sometimes cut into slices and candied.
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The tropical tree Calophyllum inophyllum.
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Terminalia buceras, a tree of the Caribbean.
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Brosimum paraense, a tree found in Central and South America.
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, a palm tree found on Round Island
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Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum
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(archaic) Wood from the brazilwood tree.
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Hymenaea courbaril (jatoba), in the legume family.
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Alternative form of bully tree [Sideroxylon spp.]
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Alternative form of bulletwood [A tropical hardwood tree, Manilkara bidentata, grown commercially in Puerto Rico.]
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A tree native to Florida and the Caribbean, Sideroxylon salicifolium
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Cordyline fruticosa, a tropical tree native to Asia and Polynesia
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Chiococca alba, a flowering plant in the coffee family.
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Obsolete form of calabash. [A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.]
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Vachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa.
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An African hardwood tree, Baphia nitida, that is a form of sandalwood.
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Parmentiera cereifera, principally of Central America, a tree with long cylindrical fruits that look like candles.
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Dacryodes excelsa, a tree native to Puerto Rico.
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The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.
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Any of several Australian trees of the genus Sloanea
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An extremely tall tree found exclusively in New Zealand, the kauri
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The silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.
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Synonym of tanekaha (“Phyllocladus trichomanoides”)
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An agave (Agave americana) originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide.
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Any of several related species of South American plants of the family Bromeliaceae, among them Bromelia serra, Bromelia hieronymi, Deinacanthon urbanianum and Pseudananas sagenarius.
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A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
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The tree Platanus orientalis, the oriental plane.
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Synonym of Chinese cinnamon
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Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree.
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Any of several South American trees (Bumelia obtusifolia or Gustavia yaracuyensis)
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Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.
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The dense hardwood of Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree.
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Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.
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A flowering shrub or tree, the cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), in the mallow family.
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Talipariti tiliaceum, a common coastal plant native to south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania.
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(botany) Couma macrocarpa of the family Apocynaceae, a tropical rain forest tree native to Colombia.
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(archaic) The bark of Angostura.
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Dracontomelon dao; a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.
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(Philippines) The Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata.
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The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus sycamorus).
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Balanites aegyptiaca, a tree native to Africa and the Middle East.
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Copaifera langsdorffii, a tropical rainforest tree whose wood is honeycombed with capillaries filled with oil.
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An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.
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(uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
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The plant depicted on the flag of Haiti.
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Any of several other Australian shrubs with fruits said to be eaten by emus
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(Jamaica) A prickly climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia.
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Mucuna bennettii, native to Papua New Guinea; New Guinea creeper.
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Wikstroemia kudoi (shakunan-ganpi), endemic to Kyushu (Yakushima)
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An African timber tree, Vachellia nilotica subsp. adstringens, formerly Acacia adansonii.
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Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
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The wood of a tropical American tree. It is used in the making of clarinets, flutes and other wind instruments.
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The Brazilian tree Eugenia brasiliensis
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A leaf of Bauhinia monandra, traditionally dried and painted with designs on Pitcairn Island.
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A tree (species Chamaecyparis obtusa), the Japanese cypress.
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Spondias spp., especially Spondias mombin
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A species of Bahama mahogany, Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum.
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Carpobrotus edulis, a South African plant.
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A Chinese medicinal herb (Astragalus membranaceus)
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Hyphaene coriacea, a type of palm tree native to South Africa.
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The originally African tree Garcinia livingstonei.
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A cotton tree of Brazil.
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Ziziphus mauritiana, a tropical fruit tree.
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The shrub that produces ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.
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A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood.
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Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
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A spiny, climbing palm, Desmoncus polyacanthos, native to the southern Caribbean and tropical South America.
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The related tree Mangifera caesia.
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The hard timber of the jam tree (Acacia acuminata).
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A large Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera).
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A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
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Alternative form of kafferboom [(South Africa, now offensive) coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra]
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Mitragyna parvifolia, a tree of the madder family, found in India.
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(New Zealand) Parsonsia capsularis, a climbing plant endemic to New Zealand.
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A reed (Chionochloa conspicua), native to New Zealand.
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Lecythis ollaria, a South American tree.
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The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.
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The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), an Asian tree with red flowers.
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The hard timber of the karri tree.
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A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
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Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
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The flowering plant Canarium zeylanicum.
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(archaic) Amboyna wood, the reddish wood taken from burls of Pterocarpus indicus.
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The fern Dryopteris cyatheoides.
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A large tree of species Acacia koa (family Fabaceae) which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
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Lansium parasiticum; a species of tree in the mahogany family
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Any of several types of light wood, resembling mahogany, from various trees from the Philippines and Malaysia.
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Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
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A thin rhizome of bamboo
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The handsome dark wood of the South American tree Caesalpinia echinata.
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A similar West Indian tree, Gordonia haematoxylon
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A form of ebony from the tree Diospyros celebica
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Alectryon macrococcus, a tree in the soapberry family, endemic to Hawaii.
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The tree Parashorea malaanonan.
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Melicoccus bijugatus, a tree of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America.
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(Guyana) A palm tree of the genus Euterpe which is native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies; especially the açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea).
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On Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.
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A beverage made from the bark of certain species in the genus Colubrina or related plants and widely consumed in the Caribbean.
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Alternative form of myrobalan [A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.]
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The nipa palm (Nypa fruticans)
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The cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao.
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A species of palm tree native to tropical South America, Mauritia flexuosa.
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Any of several trees, of genus Moringa, that grow in tropical and subtropical India and Africa.
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Adansonia digitata, the African baobab tree.
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Dalbergia melanoxylon, a small African tree in the family Fabaceae.
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Calotropis procera (apple of Sodom)
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Microseris lanceolata, a perennial herb of Australia, whose root was an important food for the aborigines.
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Terminalia ferdinandiana, a tree native to Australia with a yellowish-green fruit.
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Mesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).
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The flowering tree Trema orientale.
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(rare) The sheepberry or nannyberry plant (Viburnum lentago).
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Strychnos spinosa, a tree indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, producing sweet and sour yellow fruits.
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Plants native to New Zealand with fiber in the leaves which was formerly much used for rope and other purposes; Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi or Phomium cookianum.
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(attributive) The tropical African tree Mimusops njave.
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Phytolacca dioica, a massive spreading evergreen tree native to the pampas of South America.
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A poisonous tree of Madagascar (Cerbera manghas (syn. Tanghinia venenifera). Those suspected of crime were forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals were put to death by being pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
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The valuable timber of these trees.
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a dense, heavy wood, similar to teak or mahogany, mostly from species of Dalbergia and Pterocarpus, as well as Machaerium
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A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candidum) whose bark is used in tanning.
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A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
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The tree Pisonia brunoniana.
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(US) Any of several species of tree whose wood resemble mahogany (Swietenia spp.) in some ways, such as tanguile (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), red lauan (Shorea negrosensis), white lauan (Parashorea macrophylla), tiaong (Shorea teysmanniana), almon (Shorea spp., esp. Shorea eximia), mayapis (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), bagtikan (Dipterocarpoideae spp., esp. Parashorea malaanon and Parashorea warburgii).
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A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant.
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The wood of the spekboom tree (Portulacaria afra).
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(New Zealand) greenstone
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Alternative form of quandong [A small southern Australian shrub (Santalum acuminatum) or its edible red fruit.]
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Alternative form of rain tree [A tropical American tree (Albizia saman) having bipinnate leaves, globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens, and sweet-pulp pods eaten by cattle, also used as an ornamental.]
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A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
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(obsolete) A West Indian tree related to the mulberry , Trophis racemosa.
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The bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa, venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree.
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sal tree (Shorea robusta)
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The wood of Caesalpinia sappan, a flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
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Alternative form of sassywood. [A form of trial by ordeal in Liberia, typically involving a suspect drinking a poisonous concoction made from the bark of the ordeal tree Erythrophleum guineense, Erythrophleum ivorense, or Erythrophleum suaveolens (called sassy bark); by extension, other forms of trial by ordeal such as applying a heated machete to the suspect's legs, or dipping the suspect's hand into hot oil.]
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A medium-sized deciduous tree of species Cordia myxa or, less often, Cordia latifolia, Cordia sebestena, or other species in the genus Cordia, the wood of which is used for furniture and musical instruments.
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Dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
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A tree, Castanopsis cuspidata, native to southern Japan and southern Korea.
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A combination of pine, bamboo, and plum blossoms, especially associated with the New Year in Japan.
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Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
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Tachigali versicolor, a Central American tree that reproduces once before dying.
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(South Africa) An African thorn tree, Senegalia mellifera.
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A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves and flowers
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A tree of the genus Caraipa.
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The Ecuadorian tree Carapa megistocarpa.
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A kind of bamboo (genus Olyra) found in Brazil.
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Beilschmiedia tawa, a New Zealand broadleaf tree.
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Alectryon excelsus, a New Zealand tree found in lowland forests.
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Alternative form of toluache [Any of various poisonous plants of the genus Datura.]
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A tropical plant, Ravenala madagascariensis (not a true palm), native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere for its distinctive appearance: banana-like leaves are arranged in a flat, fan-like pattern atop a palm-like trunk.
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(obsolete) The wood of the tree Berrya cordifolia.
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Swietenia mahagoni (West Indies mahogany)
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Several species of Cecropia, including:
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A type of ecological region of New Zealand where grasses of the genus Chionochloa predominate.
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A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilla elastica), related to the breadfruit tree, whose milky juice contains caoutchouc.
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Musanga cecropioides, the African corkwood.
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Lacquer from the tree Toxicodendron vernicifluum.
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Dialium cochinchinense, native to southeast Asia
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A tree, Clausena lansium, cultivated in China and the East Indies.
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An East Asian water plant with a horn-like nut, Trapa bicornis.
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A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii.
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Coccoloba krugii (whitewood seagrape), of the neotropics
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Terminalia platyphylla, a tree native to the Kimberly of Western Australia.
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Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdicanus.
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The palm tree Sabal causiarum.
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calisaya (Cinchona spp.)
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(Appalachia) The red spruce, Picea rubra
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An African tree Pausinystalia johimbe
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