Definition of Devil tree

1. Noun. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally.

Exact synonyms: Alstonia Scholaris, Dita, Dita Bark
Group relationships: Alstonia, Genus Alstonia
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Devil Tree

devil-may-care
devil-worship
devil bird
devil birds
devil dog
devil dogs
devil is in the details
devil lily
devil nettle
devil ray
devil screecher
devil sticks
devil strip
devil take the hindmost
devil tree (current term)
devil worshiper
devildom
devildoms
deviled
deviled egg
deviless
devilesses
devilet
devilets
devilfish
devilfishes
deviling
devilings
devilise

Literary usage of Devil tree

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

1. The Savage-club Papers by Savage Club (London, England), Savage club, London (1868)
"DEVIL-TREE, as might be expected, is of different aspect from any other tree that grows. It is usually a tree of gigantic growth, and sound and green as any ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"One day, being at work in the woods, and feeling thirsty, ho determined to pluck a cocoa-nut from a devil-tree, let what would como of it. ..."

3. A Transformed Colony by Thomas Joshua Alldridge (1910)
"... where there was a large cotton tree known as " the devil tree.'' The position of our troops was very favourable for firing on the town, but the natives ..."

4. The Bookman (1898)
"Readers of sentiment will find a relief from the performances of the " Devil Tree" in a well-sustained love story, for there is a beautiful princess and ..."

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