amber tree

English

Noun

amber tree (plural amber trees)

  1. Any of various species of Anthospermum (Rubiaceae), a succulent evergreen shrub whose leaves release a fragrant odour when bruised, especially Anthospermum aethiopicum
  2. Hymenaea verrucosa (Fabaceae), a New World tree producing copal.
  3. †Pinites succinifer, extinct, formerly thought to be the source of Baltic amber.

Further reading

Anthospermum
Hymenaea verrucosa
Pinites succinifer
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