cordia alliodora

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   large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood

   SynonymsSpanish elmEquador laurelsalmwoodcypreprincewood

   Broaderangiospermous tree

   Part ofCordia

Questions about cordia alliodora

What does cordia alliodora mean?

cordia alliodora means "large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood".

What is another word for cordia alliodora?

Close synonyms include Spanish elm, Equador laurel, salmwood, cypre, princewood. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cordia alliodora a common word?

cordia alliodora is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.