cannonball tree

noun

A deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.

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Meanings

nouncannonball tree (plural cannonball trees)

plural cannonball trees

  1. A deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.

Origin

Named for its brown spherical fruit resembling cannonballs.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

cannonball tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannonball%20tree

MLA

“cannonball tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannonball%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cannonball tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannonball%20tree.

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