SMOKE TREE


Meaning of SMOKE TREE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1846

: either of two small shrubby trees (genus Cotinus ) of the cashew family with large panicles of minute flowers that suggest a cloud of smoke:

a. : one ( C. coggygria ) of Eurasia that is widely planted in the eastern United States

b. : one ( C. obovatus ) of the southeastern United States and Texas

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