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monkeypod

UK/ˈmʌŋkipɒd/

monkeypod noun: albizia saman, a flowering tree in the pea family, native to the neotropics.

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)

Synonyms of monkeypod

All synonyms of monkeypod

Forms of monkeypod

pluralmonkeypods

Origin of monkeypod

From monkey + pod.

Questions about monkeypod

What does monkeypod mean?
Monkeypod means albizia saman, a flowering tree in the pea family, native to the neotropics.
What part of speech is monkeypod?
Monkeypod is a noun.
How do you pronounce monkeypod?
Monkeypod is pronounced /ˈmʌŋkipɒd/ (UK).
What is the plural of monkeypod?
The plural of monkeypod is monkeypods.

Words near monkeypod in the dictionary

  1. monkeynuts
  2. monkeypatch
  3. monkeypatched
  4. monkeypatches
  5. monkeypatching
  6. monkeypod
  7. monkeypods
  8. monkeypot
  9. monkeypots
  10. monkeypox
  11. monkeypuzzle

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