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单词 candelabra tree
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Definition of candelabra tree in English:

candelabra tree

noun
  • Either of two trees with upward-curving boughs.

    a tropical African tree (genus Euphorbia, family Euphorbiaceae).

    a South American pine tree related to the monkey puzzle (Araucaria angustifolia, family Araucariaceae).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After camping on the foggy ridge of immense Ngorongoro Crater, we descended past weird candelabra trees onto the golden grassy crater floor.
    • An immaculate lakeshore location below the Ruwenzori Mountains and a lush cover of green grassland dotted with tall cactus-like candelabra trees and sunken crater lakes make this perhaps the most conventionally scenic of all East African savannah reserves.
    • Termite mounds stud the open grassland and there are forests of teak and candelabra trees.
    • Typical vegetation up against the slopes consists of succulents such as elephant's food, candelabra trees and aloes forming dense, impenetrable thickets.
    • Down on the ground, Ken Harte, 70, an American tourist and passionate birdwatcher treads past a narrow valley's candelabra trees and prickly pear, hoping for a rare glimpse of a species not yet recorded in the Horn of Africa country.
    • This landscape supports an array of fascinating plants ranging from towering cactus-like candelabra trees to the bizarre, massive baobab tree.
    • The candelabra tree is beautiful, but poisonous.
    • Our camp is set about with giant euphorbia candelabra trees.
    • In many respects, the stems of the African milk-tree resemble those of the candelabra cactus and the candelabra tree.
    • Every year, more than 1,000 schoolchildren visit Ol Ari Nyiro to see the elephant, cape buffalo, camels and rare black rhino that graze on the candelabra trees.
 
 
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