| portia tree 
 
 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:
 bendy tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea
 • Hypernyms:
 tulipwood tree
 • Member Holonyms:
 Thespesia, genus Thespesia
 
 
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