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oʊˈvɜr noun
a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; < American Spanish: literally, green tree
1850–55, Americanism; < American Spanish: literally, green tree
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| paloverde | |
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| a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves |
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Paloverde
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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