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Definition of Bendy tree
1. Noun. Pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds.
Group relationships: Genus Thespesia, Thespesia
Generic synonyms: Tulipwood Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bendy Tree
Literary usage of Bendy tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"... and susceptible of a good polish. It is used for fencing, cabinet work, and
furniture. [See also Bullet-wood.] Bendy-tree. See Umbrella-tree. ..."
2. Bush Studies by Barbara Baynton (1902)
"If so, a little further on, she would come to the " bendy tree." There long ago
a runaway horse had crushed its drunken rider against the bent, ..."
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