Flowering Tree

Noun1.flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
Angiospermae, Anthophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Magnoliophyta - comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
Cananga odorata, ylang-ylang, ilang-ilang - evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental
Cercidiphyllum japonicum, katsura tree - rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn
laurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
magnolia - any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
genus manglietia, manglietia - a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China
canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree, yellow poplar - tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
Bocconia frutescens, tree celandine, bocconia - small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
Adansonia gregorii, cream-of-tartar tree, sour gourd - Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd
Adansonia digitata, baobab, monkey-bread tree - African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
Bombay ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, ceiba tree, God tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, kapok - massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
Ochroma lagopus, balsa - forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
sterculia - any tree of the genus Sterculia
Heritiera macrophylla, looking glass tree - large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath
Heritiera littoralis, looking-glass plant - small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath
cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao - tropical American tree producing cacao beans
New Zealand honeysuckle, rewa-rewa - slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber
Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, sourwood, titi - deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree, ironwood - a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
Combretum appiculatum, bush willow - small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers
bush willow, Combretum erythrophyllum - small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks
Lagerstroemia speciosa, Queen's crape myrtle, pride-of-India - native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
myrtaceous tree - trees and shrubs
myrtle - any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
mangrove, Rhizophora mangle - a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building

 

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