NITTA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitta tree mean? 

• NITTA TREE (noun)
  The noun NITTA TREE has 1 sense:

1. any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp

  Familiarity information: NITTA TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITTA TREE (noun)

Meaning:

Any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nitta tree" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nitta tree"):

Parkia javanica (tall evergreen rain forest tree with wide-spreading crown having yellow-white flowers; grown as an ornamental in parks and large gardens)

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

genus Parkia; Parkia (genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees)