| prop. n. | 1. | A small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Parkinsonia - small genus of spiny shrubs or small treesrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae Parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean, Jerusalem thorn - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States Cercidium floridum, palo verde, Parkinsonia florida - densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium |
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