Indian beech

Indian beech
noun
evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
• Syn: ↑Pongamia glabra
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pongamia, ↑genus Pongamia

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
: an Asiatic tree (Pongamia glabra) of the family Leguminosae that has glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers and that is used as a shade tree and as the source of an oil used for illumination

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