paloverde

[ pal-oh-vur-dee, -vurd ]

noun

1. a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paloverde¹

First recorded in 1850–55, Americanism; from Spanish (Mexico, southwestern U.S.): literally, “green tree”

Example Sentences

Finally it came out on a level stretch of ground, partly covered with a chaparral of greasewood, ironwood, and paloverde.

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