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SCARLET WISTERIA TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
Synonyms:
scarlet wisteria tree; Sesbania grandiflora; vegetable hummingbird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scarlet wisteria 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 ("scarlet wisteria tree" is a member of...):
genus Sesbania (small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees)