parkinsonia : Idioms & Phrases
genus parkinsonia
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noun small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
Parkinsonia.
WordNet
parkinsonia aculeata
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noun large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
horsebean; Jerusalem thorn.
WordNet
parkinsonia florida
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noun densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
Cercidium floridum; palo verde.
