Crossword clues for paloverde
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of palo verde English)
WordNet
n. a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves
Wikipedia
Paloverde may refer to:
- Parkinsonia, plant
- USS Paloverde (YN-86), ship
- Paloverde, former name of Palo Verde, California
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Usage examples of "paloverde".
Wherever the cactus roots or flash-flood washes left room, you saw thin chaparral, or stickerbush, from creosote and catclaw to eight- or ten-foot whitebark and paloverde.
With no avenue of escape left open, as the ice charged toward them in chunks larger than the ship itself, the crew of the Paloverde could only stand helpless and watch the cold trap spring shut.
Nonetheless, the winding procession of landscaped nature, with its defiant cactus and struggling paloverde, was far more pleasant to look out upon than yet another row of tract homes, however appealing developers might try to make them.
Without a watch, she had no idea how many hours had passed since she walked from her husband's whaling ship, the Paloverde.