NOUN | plant | necklace tree | a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads |
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Meaning | A tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads. | |
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Member of | Ormosia, genus Ormosia | genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood |
Narrower | bead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma | small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers |
jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata | West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds | |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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