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handkerchief trees

handkerchief trees is the plural of handkerchief tree.

Meaning of handkerchief tree

Noun

handkerchief tree (plural handkerchief trees)

  1. The dove tree (Davidia involucrata), which has large white bracts said to look like handkerchiefs.
    Synonyms:
    ghost tree
  2. (archaic) An arrangement of handkerchiefs in the form of a tree, specifically on a stand as a display for sale.

Questions about handkerchief trees

What is handkerchief trees the plural of?
Handkerchief trees is the plural of handkerchief tree.

Words near handkerchief trees in the dictionary

  1. handkerchers
  2. handkerchief
  3. handkerchief code
  4. handkerchief codes
  5. handkerchief tree
  6. handkerchief trees
  7. handkerchiefed
  8. handkerchiefful
  9. handkerchieffuls
  10. handkerchiefless
  11. handkerchiefs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handkerchief trees (page history and authors); handkerchief tree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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