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    ORMOSIA MONOSPERMA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spotsplay

    Synonyms:

    bead tree; jumby bean; jumby tree; Ormosia monosperma

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Ormosia monosperma" is a kind of...):

    necklace tree (a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads)

    Holonyms ("Ormosia monosperma" is a member of...):

    genus Ormosia; Ormosia (genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood)

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