soldierwood
English
Etymology
soldier + wood
Noun
soldierwood (uncountable)
- A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies, whose flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for soldierwood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)