PHOENIX TREE

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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

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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