panama tree

1. 1.

   large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk

   SynonymsSterculia apetala

   Broadersterculia

Questions about panama tree

What does panama tree mean?

panama tree means "large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk".

What is another word for panama tree?

Close synonyms include Sterculia apetala. 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 panama tree a common word?

panama tree 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.