toothbrush tree

toothbrush tree
noun
glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Salvadora, ↑genus Salvadora

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noun
: an Old World tree (Salvadora persica), whose twigs are sometimes bound in clusters and used as toothbrushes

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