peanut tree

English

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Etymology

Because the seeds of its fruit (which is red or orange when ripe) taste like raw peanuts.

Noun

peanut tree (plural peanut trees)

1. A tree of the species Sterculia quadrifida; a red- or orange-fruited kurrajong.

Hypernyms

• tree

References

• Sterculia quadrifida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sterculia quadrifida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sterculia quadrifida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons