vegetable hummingbird

Definitions of vegetable hummingbird
  1. noun
    a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
    synonyms: Sesbania grandiflora, scarlet wisteria tree
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    type of:
    tree
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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