MUSTARD TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mustard tree mean? 

• MUSTARD TREE (noun)
  The noun MUSTARD TREE has 2 senses:

1. evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock
2. glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt

  Familiarity information: MUSTARD TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSTARD TREE (noun)

Meaning:

Evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mustard tree; Nicotiana glauca; tree tobacco

Hypernyms ("mustard tree" is a kind of...):

tobacco; tobacco plant (aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs)

Meaning:

Glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Salvadora persica; toothbrush tree; mustard tree

Hypernyms ("mustard tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Holonyms ("mustard tree" is a member of...):

genus Salvadora; Salvadora (genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China)