cannonball tree

English

Etymology

Named for its brown spherical fruit resembling cannonballs.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

cannonball tree (plural cannonball trees)

  1. A deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.
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