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FISH FUDDLE

• FISH FUDDLE (noun)
The noun FISH FUDDLE has 1 sense:

1. small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons

Familiarity information: FISH FUDDLE used as a noun is very rare.

• FISH FUDDLE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fish fuddle; Jamaica dogwood; Piscidia erythrina; Piscidia piscipula

Hypernyms ("fish fuddle" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("fish fuddle" is a member of...):

genus Piscidia; Piscidia (genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons)

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