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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SANDBOX TREE

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Sandbox tree is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SANDBOX TREE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sandbox tree

Hura crepitans

Hura crepitans, the sandbox tree, also known as possumwood and jabillo, is an evergreen tree of the spurge family, native to tropical regions of North and South America, including the Amazon Rainforest. It is recognized by the many dark, pointed spines and smooth brown bark. These spines have caused it to be called Monkey no-climb. Sandbox trees can grow to 60 metres, and the large ovate leaves grow to two feet wide. They are monoecious. The red flowers have no petals. Male flowers grow on long spikes; female flowers are solitary in axils. The fruit is a large capsule with explosive dehiscence; seeds can be launched at 70 metres per second. One source states that ripe pods catapult the seeds as far as 100 metres. Another source states that seeds are thrown as far as 45 metres from the tree, with a mode at about 30 metres. It has also been known as the Dynamite tree, so named for the explosive sound of the ripe fruit as it splits into segments. Its fruits are pumpkin-shaped capsules, 1.4–2 inches long, 2–3.2 inches diameter, with 16 carpels arranged radially. Its seeds are flattened and about 0.8 inches diameter.

Definition of sandbox tree in the English dictionary

The definition of sandbox tree in the dictionary is a tropical American euphorbiaceous tree, Hura crepitans, having small woody seed capsules, which explode when ripe to scatter the seeds: formerly used to hold sand for blotting ink.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SANDBOX TREE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SANDBOX TREE

at the top of the tree
big tree
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Synonyms and antonyms of sandbox tree in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sandbox tree» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SANDBOX TREE

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The translations of sandbox tree from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sandbox tree» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙树
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

árbol de caja de arena
570 millions of speakers

English

sandbox tree
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सैंडबॉक्स पेड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شجرة رمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

песочница дерево
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

árvore sandbox
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্যান্ডবক্স গাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arbre de bac à sable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokok kotak pasir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sandkasten Baum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サンドボックスツリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

샌드 박스 트리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wit kothak wedhi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cây sandbox
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாண்ட்பாக்ஸ் மரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sandbox tree
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sandbox ağacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

albero sandbox
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drzewo piaskownicy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пісочниця дерево
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

copac nisip
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δέντρο sandbox
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sandbox boom
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sandlåda träd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sandkasse treet
5 millions of speakers

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The term «sandbox tree» is used very little and occupies the 186.323 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SANDBOX TREE»

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Nelson's New West Indian Readers
The sandbox tree that no one could, Or even hope to, climb ! no good For aught but lizards' joyous glee ; And there they frisk ... the fat, the lean — All greener than the leafy green That crowns the tree, the sandbox tree, The shady sandbox tree.
Undine Giuseppi, Gordon Bell, 1999
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Nonfiction Reading, Grade 5
Danger! Exploding Seeds! Check Your Understanding 1. Why is the Sandbox tree known to some as the monkey no-climb tree? a. It has caustic sap. c. It is covered in spines. b. It has smooth bark. d. It has explosive seed capsules. What two ...
Ruth Foster, Erica N. Russikoff, 2011
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Antbirds and Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes
On the following evening, Pamela watched the Erythrina tree while Iwatched the nest in the sandbox tree. She reported that two birds cameto the unfinished nest, left,came again,but soonflew toward thesandbox tree. Thena single bird returned  ...
Alexander F. Skutch, 2010
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
(TG 12 Jan 1933:5) ◊ As in Dahomey the sacred tree is the Iroka or African Oak ( Chlorophora excelsa), so locally the Sandbox tree (Hura crepitans) is regarded with corresponding reverence. A special ceremony has to be performed before it  ...
Lise Winer, 2009
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Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, ...
... 13468 sandalwood padauk, 13468 sandalwoodscent aniba, 718 sand baromalli, 2385 San Domingo boxwood, 2316, 12169 sandbox, 7326 sandbox hura, 7326 sandbox tree, 7326 sandbox-tree, 7326 sandboxtree, 7325 Sandeman maya, ...
M.M. Grandtner, Julien Chevrette, 2013
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Poisonous and injurious plants of the U.S. Virgin Islands
A. J. Oakes, James Owsley Butcher. Euphorbiaceae, or Spurge, Family Hura crepitans L. (fig. 28) Sandbox Tree, Monkey-pistol DESCRIPTION. — This large, handsome tree often reaches a height of 60 feet in favorable locations. Its branches ...
A. J. Oakes, James Owsley Butcher, 1962
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Loudon's Hortus Britannicus: A Catalogue of All the Plants ...
С s.1 Z722. XIRGANFLIA J. KIRÜANEJLIA. (Kirganeli, its Malabar name.) Euphorbiàcea. 1.—5. 23865 élegans J. elegant • О or fi jl.au ... Mauritius 1820. С s.1 Phyllánthus KirgartiUa W. ,';//(••/,• l ¡. ' SANDBOX TREE. (Iti South American name.) ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1830
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Adventure Guide to Mexico's Pacific Coast
Two plant species common to this area are the gourd tree and the sandbox tree. The sandbox tree is also called the habilla or quauhtlatzil (meaning “explosive” in Spanish) and is characterized by the spikes on its trunk. The seeds come in ...
Vivien Lougheed, 2011
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Islands Magazine
there since at least 1810. The sense of great age here is enhanced by an astounding tree. In the rear courtyard stands a sandbox tree, or I-Iura crepitans, older than the house itself. Its monstrous trunk, as big as an elephant's body, is thickly ...
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America
... USA); possum-wood (USA); possumwood (Ghana, USA); rakuda (USA); sandbox (Brazil, Ghana, Guyana, Jamaica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, USA); sandbox tree (Jamaica); sandbox-tree (Bahamas, Ghana, Netherlands Antilles, USA); ...
M.M. Grandtner, 2005

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SANDBOX TREE»

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Students eat fruit to make them 'stronger', suffer food poisoning instead
In the 9pm incident on Tuesday, the students were on their way back from Maghrib prayers when they decided to eat the fruit of the Sandbox tree (Buah Payung ... «The Star Online, Mar 15»
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Conversation Tree
Conversation Tree has become a landmark on the East Coast Highway, and since ... The sandbox tree was eventually destroyed by termites, but by that time it ... «Stabroek News, May 09»
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Jungle Jim unveils the voodoo secrets of Nevis witch doctors
"Look at those spines," he says, pointing at the bark of a sandbox tree. ... When ingested by humans, the seeds of the sandbox tree make the body intolerant to ... «Toronto Star, Jan 08»

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