BRAZILIAN PEPPER TREE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Brazilian pepper tree; Schinus terebinthifolius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Brazilian pepper 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 ("Brazilian pepper tree" is a member of...):

genus Schinus; Schinus (genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China)

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