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kanary trees

kanary trees is the plural of kanary tree.

Meaning of kanary tree

Noun

kanary tree (plural kanary trees)

  1. (obsolete) The tropical tree Canarium indicum, found from the Malay Archipelago eastwards through New Guinea to the Pacific islands.
    • Notwithstanding the losses incurred by these terrific visitations, and the small size and isolated position of these little islands, they have been and still are of considerable value to the Dutch Government, as the chief nutmeg-garden in the world. Almost the whole surface is planted with nutmegs...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 452

Questions about kanary trees

What is kanary trees the plural of?
Kanary trees is the plural of kanary tree.

Words near kanary trees in the dictionary

  1. kanaries
  2. kanary
  3. kanary nut
  4. kanary nuts
  5. kanary tree
  6. kanary trees
  7. kanas
  8. kanasai
  9. kanat
  10. Kanata
  11. kanate

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