drumstick tree
drumstick tree · drumstick trees
An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown…An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.
Meaning
1 sensesAn economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.
More definitions
- deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
drumstick + tree. The immature pods are long and cylindrical like drumsticksdrumstick + tree. The immature pods are long and cylindrical like drumsticks
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: drumstick trees| Singular | drumstick tree |
|---|---|
| Plural | drumstick trees |
regular
Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia:golden shower treepurging cassiapudding pipe treecanafistolacanafistulaCassia fistula