bay cedar

noun

1

: a common Central American timber tree (Guazuma ulmifolia) with wood not unlike that of the American elm

2

: any of several plants of the genus Suriana (especially the tropical S. maritima) with alternate entire leaves and yellow flowers

called also tassel plant

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