cannonball tree

noun

1

: a South American tree (Couroupita guianensis) of the family Lecythidaceae bearing a large globose fruit with a hard woody rind

2

: an East Indian tree (Xylocarpus granatum) of the family Meliaceae bearing a hard woody fruit and yielding a hard useful wood

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