tree (noun) | pride-of-India (noun) |
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree |
a figure that branches from a single root | native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers |
tree (verb) | pride-of-India (verb) |
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force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | |
plant with trees | |
chase an animal up a tree | |
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree |