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Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves
Answer for the clue "Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves ", 6 letters:
gnetum
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n. small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour [syn: Gnetum gnemon ]
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Gnetum is a genus of gymnosperms , the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae and order Gnetales . They are tropical evergreen trees , shrubs and lianas . Unlike other gymnosperms they possess vessel elements in the xylem . Some species have been proposed to ...
Usage examples of gnetum.
And at her feet Witherby proudly laid an assortment of ediblesclams and sea-slugs, a wriggling squid, purslane and gnetum seeds and a snail or two.
And at her feet Witherby proudly laid an assortment of edibles--clams and sea-slugs, a wriggling squid, purslane and gnetum seeds and a snail or two.
Knowing him to be hungry, they whittled down his rations, then laughed at him when, to keep alive, he crept from the camp evenings and crawled about the island in search of purslane and gnetum seeds and other scraggly growing things to munch raw when the cramps bent him.