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sausage tree

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noun

  1. a tropical African tree, Kigelia pinnata, having red, bell-shaped flowers and large, sausage-shaped fruits hanging from very long stalks.

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"Once we were near a place called Aberfoyle and we came upon a sausage tree."

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

It was actually a bush with seed pods hanging from it but his child's delight at seeing a "sausage tree" has stayed with him since.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

Territorial Forester Charles S. Judd took occasion to explain that his department had tried unsuccessfully to cross the sausage tree with the breadfruit tree and the mustard plant to produce a hotdog plant.

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