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English noun: portia tree

1. portia tree (plant) pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds


Synonymsbendy tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea


Broader (hypernym)tulipwood tree


Member meronymgenus Thespesia, Thespesia









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