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tuckeroo

tuckeroo noun: a flowering tree, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, native to northern and eastern Australia.

tuckeroo: a flowering tree, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, native to northern and eastern Australia
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Noun

tuckeroo (plural tuckeroos)

  1. A flowering tree, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, native to northern and eastern Australia.
    • Two canopy-forming trees, Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides), and Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia var. integrifolia), are typical of these latter rainforests.1993, Geoff Williams, Terry Evans, Hidden Rainforests: Subtropical Rainforests and Their Invertebrate Diversity, page 60
    • You can sit in the shade of the tuckeroo tree.2008, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, East Coast Australia, page 267

Forms of tuckeroo

pluraltuckeroos

Questions about tuckeroo

What does tuckeroo mean?
Tuckeroo means a flowering tree, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, native to northern and eastern Australia.
What part of speech is tuckeroo?
Tuckeroo is a noun.
What is the plural of tuckeroo?
The plural of tuckeroo is tuckeroos.

Words near tuckeroo in the dictionary

  1. tuckerization
  2. tuckerizations
  3. tuckermanities
  4. tuckermanity
  5. Tuckernuck
  6. tuckeroo
  7. tuckeroos
  8. tuckers
  9. tuckers out
  10. Tuckerton
  11. tucket

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