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单词 sandbox tree
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sandbox tree


noun

a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.

Origin of sandbox tree

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby sandbox tree

sand bar, sandblast, sand-blind, sand bluestem, sandbox, sandbox tree, sandboy, sandbug, sandbur, Sandburg, Sandburg, Carl
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Example sentences from the Web for sandbox tree

  • The sandbox-tree is one of the most beautiful growths of West Indian forests.

    Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881|Various
  • Sandbox-Tree, hura crepitans, rises to the height of from twenty to thirty feet.

    Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2)|Anonymous
  • In Jamaica they call it the sandbox-tree, because they get the pretty, fluted seed cases, and make sand-boxes of them.

    Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sandbox tree

sandbox tree

noun

a tropical American euphorbiaceous tree, Hura crepitans, having small woody seed capsules, which explode when ripe to scatter the seeds: formerly used to hold sand for blotting ink
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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