paloverde

[ pal-oh-vur-dee, -vurd ]

noun
  1. a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.

Origin of paloverde

1
First recorded in 1850–55, Americanism; from Spanish (Mexico, southwestern U.S.): literally, “green tree”

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