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Definition of Paloverde
1. Noun. A thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves.
Definition of Paloverde
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of palo verde) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paloverde
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paloverde
Literary usage of Paloverde
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States by Charles Richard Van Hise (1918)
"The bunch grass, the sage bush, the grease- water users, wood, the salt bush,
the yucca, the paloverde, the cactus, are usually separated so far from one ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1904)
"... burning like a candle, and is therefore useful in starting a fire. The paloverde
is a small tree, branching from the base with ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"... (Fouquieria splendens), the paloverde (. ... burning like a candle, and is
therefore useful in starting a fire. The paloverde is a ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... yucca, cactus and other desert growths. Cottonwoods line almost every stream.
Mesquite, the giant cactus or saguaro, paloverde, ..."
5. The Century (1902)
"Even the greasewood and the strange paloverde-tree, —the "green-pole" of the
Mexicans, a tree with branches, but with almost invisible leaves, ..."
6. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"The common vegetation of the lower slopes consists of cactus, yucca, maguey,
paloverde, "cat claw," etc. In favored localities there are stunted growths of ..."
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