"tourist tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tourist trees [plural]
Etymology: From the fancied resemblance of the peeling, papery red bark to the sunburned skin of tropical tourists. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tourist tree (plural tourist trees)
  1. The gumbo limbo, Bursera simaruba Categories (lifeform): Sapindales order plants

Inflected forms

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