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candelabra tree en · NOUN

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1. Several species of Euphorbia, including Euphorbia ingens, Euphorbia candelabrum, Euphorbia ammak, Euphorbia cooperi, Euphorbia lacti, and Euphorbia antiquorum.
   • The other trees which the Central African forests produce are the kolquall, or candelabra tree; the msundurusi, or copal-tree, frequent in Ukawendi; the moumbo, or palmyra; the miombo; the beautiful and fragrant mimosa; the mtundu; and on the shores of Lake Tanganika is seen the beautiful Guinea palm tree, called mchikichi, and the plantain tree. 1872, Henry Morton Stanley, How I found Livingstone, page 524:
   • The mukonde (candelabra tree) was a four-sided cactus like plant with a poisonous white sap, although a rhino had no problems chewing the fresh shoots. 2019, Dr. Ross Gordon Cooper, Crocodile Creek tree house, page 11:
   • NABOOM EUPHORBIA ( CANDELABRA TREE ) Euphorbia ingens 2005, Rina Grant, Val Thomas, Sappi Tree Spotting: Bushveld, Including Pilanesberg and Magaliesberg, page 94:
   • Possibly the most extraoridanary savanna trees are the baobab (Adansonia digitata) and the candelabra tree (Euphorbia candelabrum). 2009, Michael Allaby, Grasslands, page 19:
   • The candelabra tree has a long stem with branches growing only at the upper part. 2020, Naoimi Kipuri, Oral Literature of the Maasai, page 166:
2. A Brazilian tree, Araucaria angustifolia.
   • The candelabra-tree, with its silver-tinted foliage, is one of the beauties of this charming Brazilian garden. 2020, Maturin M. Ballou, Equatorial America, page 100:
   • The Candelabra-tree is chiefly interesting for its appearance, which perfectly resembles an immense candelabra ready for illumination. 1907, Marie Robinson Wright, The New Brazil, page 157:
   • The caterpillar of the silk moth Dirphia araucariae, which is thousands of times larger, eats the needles of the candelabra tree (Araucaria angustifolia), where it is perfectly camouflaged, as its spines and striped color pattern imitate its host plant's needles. 2022, Andrei Sourakov, Rachel Warren Chadd, The Lives of Moths: A Natural History of Our Planet's Moth Life, page 233:
3. A South American tree, Cecropia pachystachya.
   • In the forests of South America grow the imbauba or so-called candelabra trees, species of the genus Cecropia, which well deserve their name, 'candelabra,' from the curious appearance given them by the outspringing bare branches, each bearing a tuft of leaves at the free end. 1907, David Starr Jordan, Evolution and animal life, page 379:
4. An African native, Senna didymobotrya, whose yellow flowers look like lit candles.
   • Her interest in botanicals was as strong as ever, but she added bromeliadssuch as Tillandsia and tropical (or neotropical) plants such as Bauhinia, Heliconia, Alpinia, the candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya) and poinciana shrub, as well as orchids and passion flowers to the native species painted for Audubon. 2018, Debra Lindsay, Maria Martin's World, page 144:
5. Any of various individual trees that resemble a candelabrum.
   • The Candelabra Tree is an old-growth redwood at Butano State Park. 2022, JoAnn Semones, True Tales of California Coastside State Parks, page 60:
   • The candelabra tree stands alone on the near bank of the Upper Ammonoosuc, which flows strongly through Groveton Village, rushing its way into maturity in the Connecticut River. 2021, Judith Lunney Merriam, Seasons of Discernment and Praise: God’s Word, My Heart’s Song:
6. A decorative motif of a stylized tree with symmetric branches having the appearance of a candelabrum.
   • As I noted earlier, the candelabra tree motif is one of the characteristic marginal decorations in Iberian Hebrew Bibles. 2013, Dalia-Ruth Halperin, Illuminating in Micrography: The Catalan Micrography, page 83:
   • In all but four cases the candelabra tree design appears on openings, and on several pages the trees are inhabited by birds. 2009, Katrin Kogman-Appel, Mati Meyer, Between Judaism and Christianity, page 353:
   • The Islamic variation of the candelabra tree, as seen on the stucco object, is further abstracted in the decoration of the later Susa bowl. 1968, American Research Center in Egypt, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, page 122:

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