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poponax

poponax noun: a thorny tree native to the Americas, Vachellia tortuosa.

Noun

poponax (uncountable)

  1. A thorny tree native to the Americas, Vachellia tortuosa.

Questions about poponax

What does poponax mean?
Poponax means a thorny tree native to the Americas, Vachellia tortuosa.
What part of speech is poponax?
Poponax is a noun.

Words near poponax in the dictionary

  1. Popoloca
  2. Popolocan
  3. Popoloco
  4. popolos
  5. Popoluca
  6. poponax
  7. Poponton
  8. popos
  9. poposaurid
  10. poposaurids
  11. poposauroid

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