1. A thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves

1. Densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
   - Parkinsonia florida, Cercidium floridum

Derived forms: palo verdes, paloverdes

Type of: bush, shrub, tree

Part of: genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia

Encyclopedia: Palo verde

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