carib wood

carib wood
noun
small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges
Syn: ↑Sabinea carinalis
Hypernyms: ↑tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Sabinea, ↑genus Sabinea

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