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cannonball tree

cannonball tree noun: a deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.

cannonball tree: a deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South...
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Noun

cannonball tree (plural cannonball trees)

  1. A deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.

Forms of cannonball tree

pluralcannonball trees

Origin of cannonball tree

Named for its brown spherical fruit resembling cannonballs.

Words that rhyme with cannonball tree

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Questions about cannonball tree

What does cannonball tree mean?
Cannonball tree means a deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.
What part of speech is cannonball tree?
Cannonball tree is a noun.
What is the plural of cannonball tree?
The plural of cannonball tree is cannonball trees.

Words near cannonball tree in the dictionary

  1. cannonball mangrove
  2. cannonball mangroves
  3. cannonball problem
  4. cannonball run
  5. cannonball runs
  6. cannonball tree
  7. cannonball trees
  8. cannonballed
  9. cannonballer
  10. cannonballers
  11. cannonballing

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