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    JAMAICA DOGWOOD

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisonsplay

    Synonyms:

    fish fuddle; Jamaica dogwood; Piscidia erythrina; Piscidia piscipula

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Jamaica dogwood" 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 ("Jamaica dogwood" is a member of...):

    genus Piscidia; Piscidia (genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons)

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