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Definition of Paradise tree

1. Noun. Medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paradise Tree

Literary usage of Paradise tree

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

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... paradise tree (Simaruba glauca, DC.) is the nearest American relative of the ailanthus tree, which is no stranger to inhabitants of the Eastern States. ..."

2. The Patriarchal Age: Or, the History and Religion of Mankind : from the by George Smith (1854)
"... and Rome—Druids—American Indians—Conclusion from the above facts—Geographical position of Paradise—Tree of life and cherubim— Review of man's primitive ..."

3. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1872)
"A horse tied to a paradise tree will not touch it ; and 1 have noticed also that cows will not eat the grass that grows near the sprouts that shoot up from ..."

4. Sacred Annals; Or, Researches Into the History and Religion of Mankind by George Smith (1856)
"... and Rome—Druids—American Indians—Conclusion from the above facts—Geographical position of Paradise—Tree of life and cherubim— Review of man's primitive ..."

5. Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms by Carl Gustav Jung (1916)
"The legend was that Adam was buried on Golgotha. Seth had planted on his grave a branch of the " paradise tree," which became the cross and tree of death of ..."

6. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"CE^E. SIMAROUBA Aublet, Simarouba glauca de C. Paradise-tree. RANGE. ... Paradise-tree (Fla.); Gumbo Limbo (Fla.); Bitter- wood (Fla.). ..."

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