hemp tree

noun

: chaste tree sense 1

Five to seven narrow leaflets are arranged in finger-fashion, like the palm of your hand, resemble hemp and as a result is also called hemp tree.

—Terry Brite DelValle, Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), 19 June 2010

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