Jamaica dogwood

Jamaica dogwood
noun
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 poisons
Hypernyms: ↑tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Piscidia, ↑genus Piscidia

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized J
: a West Indian tree (Piscidia erythrina) the narcotic root of which is used as a fish poison in Jamaica

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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