geiger tree
noun
: a small often shrubby tropical American evergreen tree (Cordia sebestena) with thick rough deep-green leaves, orange or scarlet flowers borne in large open terminal clusters, and fruit that is a small white 4-celled edible drupe
Word History
Etymology
after John Geiger, flourished ab 1832 American friend of Audubon
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- going down the plughole
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- going full speed ahead
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