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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The genisaro or guango, Pithecolobium Saman.

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Examples

  • “Rainforest Facts,” Raintree rain-tree.com/facts.htm.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • “Rainforest Facts,” Raintree rain-tree.com/facts.htm.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • “Rainforest Facts,” Raintree rain-tree.com/facts.htm.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • “Rainforest Facts,” Raintree rain-tree.com/facts.htm.

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • Then there is the beautiful West Indian rain-tree, which the Honolulu people call the monkey-pod tree, and which in the Philippines is miscalled _acacia_.

    A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

  • The rain-tree is so called because the vast spread of its branches and the density of its foliage collect the dew to such an extent as actually to water the ground upon which it drops.

    A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Augustus Hopkins Strong 1878

  • The long avenues of palms of different varieties -- palmyra, talipot, sago, royal, sealing-wax -- and the specimens of bamboo, India rubber, and rain-tree, are unique and wonderful.

    A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Augustus Hopkins Strong 1878

  • Perak State Assembly under a rain-tree - history made today [...]

    Planet Malaysia 2009

  • History has just been made in Perak with the Perak State Assembly convened and held under a rain-tree.

    Planet Malaysia 2009

  • Despite the show of excessive and unnecessary force by the Police and FRU, the Pakatan Rakyat Assembly representatives were undaunted and were able to conduct its short but historic proceeding under a rain-tree.

    Planet Malaysia 2009

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