Meanings
plural portia trees
- A flowering plant of the species Thespesia populnea, native to Old World tropics, but possibly natively pantropical.
Synonyms: Pacific rosewood, Indian tulip tree, milo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flowering plant of the species Thespesia populnea, native to Old World tropics, but possibly natively pantropical.
More synonyms by meaning
nounpantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Indonesian waru laut
- waru lautflowering plant of the species Thespesia populnea
Cite this entry
portia tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portia%20tree
“portia tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portia%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portia tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portia%20tree.
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