"Long-John" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Long-Johns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Long-John}} Long-John (plural Long-Johns)
  1. Alternative form of Long John (tree). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Long John (extra: tree)
    Sense id: en-Long-John-en-noun-VE427dc0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Accordingly, yet further back, but still on the spit, a few Long-Johns (Triplaris surinamensis) rise singly; for these, less enduring than the true forest trees, but more so than the trumpet-woods, grow on the soil deposited by the latter, and in their turn prepare the soil for more noble products.",
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          "ref": "1934, Annals of the Carnegie Museum, volumes 22-23, page 31:",
          "text": "However, among the indigenous plants about the city may be found the great Silk-Cotton Tree, Bombax pentandrum, from the large fruit capsules of which is obtained the kapok of commerce; the Sand-Box Tree, Hura crepitans, also a large tree; the Hog Plum, Spondias lutea; and the Long-John, Triplaris surinamensis.",
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