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soldierwood

noun

Etymology

From soldier + wood; plants of species Colubrina elliptica make a sound like that of musket fire when they disperse their peppercorn-size seeds.

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. compounded as soldierwood — “soldier + wood”

Definitions

  1. A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the Caribbean, whose flowers have long…

    A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the Caribbean, whose flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.

  2. A plant of species Colubrina elliptica

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