soldierwood

English

Etymology

soldier +‎ wood; plants of species Colubrina elliptica make a sound like that of musket fire when they disperse their peppercorn-size seeds.

Noun

soldierwood (uncountable)

  1. A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies, whose flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
    Synonym: stickpea
  2. A plant of species Colubrina elliptica
    Synonym: nakedwood

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “soldierwood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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