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Definition of Palo verde

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

Definition of Palo verde

1. Noun. (American English) Any of a variety of trees in the genus ''Parkinsonia'', with characteristic green bark, found in desert areas of North America. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palo Verde

Literary usage of Palo verde

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

1. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord, June Conord (2006)
"National Parks palo verde National Park Nestled down in the Tempisque River ... To get to palo verde National Park, follow the signs one hour west from ..."

2. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"Thc town of palo verde The second day after leaving Picacho finds us at the small Mexican settlement of Milpitas, where maize, sugar cane, and alfalfa show ..."

3. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"Mesquite and palo verde are plentiful on this reservation, and, being well watered by the close proximity and frequent floodings of the river, ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1906)
"Home of the palo verde, Laboratory Hill, Tucson, Arizona. ... I refer to the palo verde, of which there are three species, known as Parkinsonia ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1906)
"Home of the palo verde, Laboratory Hill, Tucson, Arizona. (Courtesy of the Popular Science ... I refer to the palo verde, of which there are three species, ..."

6. The Changing Structure of the Electric Power Industry: An Update by Rebecca A. McNerney (1998)
"The contract, which is standard for both COB and palo verde, covers 736 MWh delivered ... The July settlement prices at palo verde were slightly higher. ..."

7. Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Archaeological Institute of America Southwest Society, Sequoya League (1905)
"No cherry tree of Japan is more fairy-like, more delicately exquisite, than the palo verde in its spring robe of golden frost flakes, and no lilac was ever ..."

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