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monkey pod

monkey pod is the alternative form of monkeypod.

Meaning of monkeypod

Noun

monkeypod (plural monkeypods)

  1. Albizia saman, a flowering tree in the pea family, native to the neotropics.
    • Tears filled the eyes of some of the people heading to work that morning who heard the strains of music in the deposed queen's harden, among its tamarind and monkeypod trees.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 231
    Synonyms:
    rain tree, saman
  2. Couroupita nicaraguarensis (syn. Lecythis nicaraguarensis) (coco de mono)
  3. Lecythis ollaria (coco de mono)
    Synonyms:
    paradise nut
  4. Pithecellobium dulce (blackbead)
    Synonyms:
    sweet Inga, Madrasthorn, Manila tamarind
  5. Senna petersiana (dwarf cassia)

Forms of monkey pod

pluralmonkey pods

Questions about monkey pod

What is monkey pod the alternative form of?
Monkey pod is the alternative form of monkeypod.

Words near monkey pod in the dictionary

  1. monkey patched
  2. monkey patches
  3. monkey patching
  4. monkey paw
  5. monkey paws
  6. monkey pod
  7. monkey pods
  8. monkey points
  9. monkey pole
  10. monkey poles
  11. monkey pot

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