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Definition of Monkeypod
1. Noun. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle.
Generic synonyms: Albizia, Albizzia
Definition of Monkeypod
1. Noun. ''Albizia saman'', a flowering tree in the pea family, native to the neotropics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monkeypod
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monkeypod
Literary usage of Monkeypod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All about Hawaii (1918)
"A good authority informed the writer that such trees as the Royal Palm, monkeypod
and many others reached the islands as seeds through his early efforts. ..."
2. Adventure Guide Maui by Sharon Hamblin (2005)
"The beeswax blend candles can be purchased as votives or in a coconut, bamboo or
monkeypod wood container. ..."
3. Have We a Far Eastern Policy? by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1920)
"Among the plainer but more useful immigrants are the West Indian monkeypod tree,
affording a shade as grateful as it is wide-spreading; the endurable Kauri ..."
4. Daytrips Hawaii: 50 One Day Adventures on Six Islands by Car, Bus, Bicycle by David Cheever (2001)
"She and a crew went ahead and moved the clubhouse, 20 docks, 30 boats, 83 palm
trees, a monkeypod tree and countless other plants and shrubs just several ..."
5. Potluck: Stories That Taste Like Hawaii by Catherine Bridges Tarleton (2001)
"We dug out all the Christmas gifts I'd sent— Mom's monkeypod bowls and her
mu'umu'u, my niece's grass skirt and coconut bra, the tropical tablecloths. ..."
6. Pamphlets on Forestry in Hawaii (1919)
"At the summit of Kolekole Pass the native koa has been planted and is growing well.
On the middle slopes a variety of trees such as monkeypod, ..."
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