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  • noun Alternative spelling of palo verde.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • 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

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Examples

  • At the base of the mountains, on the gentle rocky slopes called bajadas, the vegetation is dominated by paloverde, ocotillo, and saguaro, but bitterbrush is also a common shrub.

    American Semidesert and Desert Province (Bailey) 2009

  • Desert mule deer and peccary live chiefly in the paloverde-cactus shrub community.

    American Semidesert and Desert Province (Bailey) 2009

  • Have you ever sat on a backyard patio surrounded by saguaro, ocotillo, paloverde, and cholla?

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Grass Roots Efforts to Impose Socialism 2008

  • He used to bring home oddities he found roadside, limp houseplants whose containers have burst, with their naked veiny roots dangling, or clothes left clinging on the paloverde trees and yucca spines, or money or scratched cassette tapes, occasionally animals.

    Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006

  • He used to bring home oddities he found roadside, limp houseplants whose containers have burst, with their naked veiny roots dangling, or clothes left clinging on the paloverde trees and yucca spines, or money or scratched cassette tapes, occasionally animals.

    Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006

  • He used to bring home oddities he found roadside, limp houseplants whose containers have burst, with their naked veiny roots dangling, or clothes left clinging on the paloverde trees and yucca spines, or money or scratched cassette tapes, occasionally animals.

    Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006

  • Re the recent discussions on change, invasives et al, the Alpha Environmentalist sends this link from the Arizona Daily Star on how non- native, fire resistant species have created a dangerous environment for such natives as the green- barked paloverde and the iconic saguaro cactus.

    Invasive"fire steppe" in Arizona? 2005

  • While I am trapped in the desert, waiting for Delia and her wonderdog to find me underneath a paloverde tree, I look at the parched throat of this cracked earth and imagine all the ways a man might die.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • “Pahos,” she says, and then she points to the paloverde bush in her front yard, a few feet away from the open window, where hundreds of feathers are still tied to the branches.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • Re the recent discussions on change, invasives et al, the Alpha Environmentalist sends this link from the Arizona Daily Star on how non- native, fire resistant species have created a dangerous environment for such natives as the green- barked paloverde and the iconic saguaro cactus.

    Archive 2005-07-01 2005

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