English Explanatory Dictionary

cannonball tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.

Word forms

cannonball tree cannonball trees

Etymology

Named for its brown spherical fruit resembling cannonballs.

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