Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various spiny, nearly leafless, bushy trees of the genus Parkinsonia (formerly Cercidium) in the pea family, native to the southwest United States and Mexico and having yellow flowers and green bark.
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- noun US Any of a variety of trees in the genus
Parkinsonia , with characteristic greenbark , found in desert areas ofNorth America .
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- noun densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
Etymologies
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[American Spanish : Spanish palo, tree (from Latin pālus, stake; see pale) + Spanish verde, green (from Latin viridis).]
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Spanish palo ("stick") + verde ("green").
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