bendy tree

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bendy tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bendy tree
      n 1: pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated
           as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and
           showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to
           dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds [syn:
           portia tree, bendy tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea
           ]