sandbox tree

noun

a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.

Origin of sandbox tree

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby sandbox tree

sandbag, sandbank, sandbar, sandblast, sandbox, sandbox tree, sandboy, sandbug, sandbur, sandburg, sandburg, carl

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British Dictionary definitions for sandbox tree

sandbox tree

noun

a tropical American euphorbiaceous tree, Hura crepitans, having small woody seed capsules, which explode when ripe to scatter the seeds: formerly used to hold sand for blotting ink