cannonball tree

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Etymology[edit]

Named for its brown spherical fruit resembling cannonballs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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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