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Noun
S: (n) obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon (large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood)
S: (n) tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
S: (n) conacaste, elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa (tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber)
S: (n) inga (any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals)
S: (n) guama, Inga laurina (tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations)
S: (n) nitta tree (any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp)
S: (n) dita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholaris (evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally)
S: (n) pandanus, screw pine (any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves)
S: (n) lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea (small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage)
S: (n) Montezuma (evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae)
S: (n) obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon (large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood)
S: (n) linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber)
S: (n) prickly ash, Orites excelsa (Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers)
S: (n) casuarina (any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood)
S: (n) beech, beech tree (any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions)
S: (n) chestnut, chestnut tree (any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur)
S: (n) oak, oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves) "great oaks grow from little acorns"
S: (n) birch, birch tree (any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark)
S: (n) alder, alder tree (north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant)
S: (n) hornbeam (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus)
S: (n) hop hornbeam (any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops)
S: (n) fringe tree (any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus)
S: (n) ash, ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)
S: (n) white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa (shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin)
S: (n) rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea (handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties)
S: (n) idesia, Idesia polycarpa (deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries)
S: (n) fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)
S: (n) elm, elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)
S: (n) hackberry, nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)
S: (n) cabbage tree, grass tree, Cordyline australis (elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand)
S: (n) cassia (any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods)
S: (n) Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica (handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute)
S: (n) rosewood, rosewood tree (any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black)
S: (n) sissoo, sissu, sisham, Dalbergia sissoo (East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties)
S: (n) coral tree, erythrina (any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental)
S: (n) gliricidia (any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous)
S: (n) millettia (any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood)
S: (n) quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)
S: (n) Indian beech, Pongamia glabra (evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree)
S: (n) bloodwood tree, kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis (deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood)
S: (n) kowhai, Sophora tetraptera (shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood)
S: (n) incense tree (any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense)
S: (n) mahogany, mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)
S: (n) turreae (any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers)
S: (n) lepidobotrys (African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds)
S: (n) caracolito, Ruptiliocarpon caracolito (large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families)
S: (n) cork tree, Phellodendron amurense (deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark)
S: (n) prickly ash (any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches)
S: (n) bitterwood tree (any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste)
S: (n) pepper tree, Kirkia wilmsii (small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs)
S: (n) sandalwood tree, true sandalwood, Santalum album (parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests)
S: (n) pepper tree, molle, Peruvian mastic tree, Schinus molle (small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits)
S: (n) Brazilian pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolius (small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen)
S: (n) plane tree, sycamore, platan (any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits)