Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A West Indian leguminous shrub, Calliandra purpurea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A showy leguminous plant (
Calliandra purpurea ) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
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- noun botany A
showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of theWest Indies , whoseflowers have longtassels of purplestamens .
Etymologies
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soldier + wood
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