Drumstick tree
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.
- 2 deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia wordnet
Etymology
drumstick + tree. The immature pods are long and cylindrical like drumsticks