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ordeal trees

ordeal trees is the plural of ordeal tree.

Meaning of ordeal tree

Noun

ordeal tree (plural ordeal trees)

  1. A poisonous tree of Madagascar (Cerbera manghas (syn. Tanghinia venenifera). Those suspected of crime were forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals were put to death by being pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
  2. A similar tree (Erythrophleum spp.) put to similar use in Liberia; sassywood.
  3. A deciduous tree of the African savanna, 1.8-15 m tall, with a rounded crown and pendulous branchlets (Crossopteryx febrifuga).

Questions about ordeal trees

What is ordeal trees the plural of?
Ordeal trees is the plural of ordeal tree.

Words near ordeal trees in the dictionary

  1. orde
  2. ordeal
  3. ordeal bean
  4. ordeal beans
  5. ordeal tree
  6. ordeal trees
  7. ordeals
  8. ordenance
  9. Ordensstaat
  10. order
  11. order about

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