Definition of Cercidium floridum

1. Noun. Densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium.

Exact synonyms: Palo Verde, Parkinsonia Florida
Group relationships: Genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cercidium Floridum

Ceratopteris
Ceratopteris pteridioides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratostomataceae
Ceratostomella
Ceratostomella ulmi
Ceratotherium
Ceratotherium simum
Cerberean
Cerberian
Cerberus
Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Cercidium
Cercidium floridum
Cercis
Cercis canadenis
Cercis occidentalis
Cercomonas
Cercopidae
Cercopithecoidea
Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus
Cercopithecus talapoin
Cercospora
Cercospora kopkei
Cercosporella
Cerean
Cereans

Literary usage of Cercidium floridum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"cercidium floridum, Booth. Green-barked Acacia. Leaves I'-l^' long, with 2 or rarely 3 pinnie, broad pubescent petioles and ..."

2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"cercidium floridum, Torrey, Pacif. R. Rep. v. 3GO, t. 3 ; not of Benth. — usually bare of foliage, the loaves being soon deciduous. ..."

3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The Green-barked Acacia (cercidium floridum, Benth.) is a little, gnarled tree, rare in western Texas, whose leaves are locust-like, but reduced to very ..."

4. New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst by William Abraham Bell (1869)
"In the dry water-courses of this district we meet constantly the Cercidium floridum, or "green-barked Acacia," the arborescent Dalea (Dalea spinosa), ..."

5. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Bush muhly had 16 and 25% cover under velvet mesquite and blue paloverde (Cercidium floridum Benth.), Table 6—Density (no./0.25 m2) and cover (%) of ..."

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