cannonball tree

American  

noun

1. a South American tree, Couroupita guianensis, bearing round, woody-husked fruit whose shells are used to make containers and utensils.

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cannonball tree

They seem more like an arboretum than anything else, and I admired mazelike java fig trees, a towering smooth-barked kauri and a fascinating cannonball tree, which holds dozens of large, spherical fruits.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019