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Definition of Temple tree
1. Noun. Frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temple Tree
Literary usage of Temple tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1900)
"Near each of these temples there grows a tree (the natives call it the Temple
Tree), which at first sight looks simply as if it has withered away ; but on ..."
2. Indika: The Country and the People of India and Ceylon by John Fletcher Hurst (1891)
"... the flower of the temple-tree, and, second, the blossom of the ironwood, or
na-tree. They are all white, with a slight dash of pink. ..."
3. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1896)
"... the flower of the temple tree, and the iron-wood, their red and white looking
specially brilliant in their gruesome ..."
4. Sinai and Palestine, in Connection with Their History by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1905)
"The Maronite clergy for many years celebrated worship under their branches, as
though they formed a natural temple; tree, must read the description in ..."
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