Tropical tree
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BEN
A mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"

4 letters

DALI
Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989)

TEAK
Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

PALM
Touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"

AKEE
Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe

5 letters

MANGO
Large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed

BALSA
Forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts

CACAO
Tropical American tree producing cacao beans

ICACO
Plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American

6 letters

BONSAI
A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot

BAOBAB
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread

CITRUS
Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

ACACIA
Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

PAPAYA
Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

BANYAN
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks

8 letters

PALMETTO
Any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

MAHOGANY
Wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

TAMARIND
Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

9 letters

JACARANDA
An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black

11 letters

COCONUTPALM
Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics