HyperDic: cabbage-bark_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression cabbage-bark tree:
NOUNplantcabbage-bark tree, cabbage bark, cabbage tree, Andira inermistree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood
English > cabbage-bark tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic.
Synonymscabbage bark, cabbage tree, Andira inermis
Member ofAndira, genus Andirasmall genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa
Broaderangelim, andelminAny of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira

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