Canafistola

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  canafistola \canafistola\, canafistula \canafistula\n.
     a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree ({Cassia fistula}) having
     scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods
     whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia,
     Central and South America, and Australia.
  


     Syn: golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia,
          pudding pipe tree, canafistola.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  canafistola
       n : deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to
           yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is
           used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South
           America and Australia [syn: {golden shower tree}, {drumstick
           tree}, {purging cassia}, {pudding pipe tree}, {canafistula},
            {Cassia fistula}]