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Mustard tree   /mˈəstərd tri/   Listen
Mustard tree

noun
1.
Evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock.  Synonyms: Nicotiana glauca, tree tobacco.
2.
Glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt.  Synonyms: Salvadora persica, toothbrush tree.






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"Mustard tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... answered that mystery, what follows after death, there still remains this question: "How can a babe in twenty years take on the proportions of the great orator and reformer?" Rocks do not grow, nor diamonds, nor dirt, but a shrunken bulb does become a lily, and a tiny seed a mustard tree. In vain does the scientist struggle with this problem—how an acorn can expand into an oak; how in a single summer a grain of corn can ripen a thousand grains, like that from which ...
— The Investment of Influence - A Study of Social Sympathy and Service • Newell Dwight Hillis



Words linked to "Mustard tree" :   Salvadora, toothbrush tree, tobacco, Salvadora persica, tobacco plant, fruit tree, tree tobacco, genus Salvadora



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