noun
small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
• Syn: ↑fish fuddle, ↑Piscidia piscipula, ↑Piscidia erythrina
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Piscidia, ↑genus Piscidia
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nounUsage: usually capitalized J
: a West Indian tree (Piscidia erythrina) the narcotic root of which is used as a fish poison in Jamaica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.