SCHINUS MOLLE

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Meaning:

Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

Synonyms:

molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Schinus molle" 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 ("Schinus molle" 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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