bendy tree

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bendy tree - pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds

portia tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea

genus Thespesia, Thespesia - a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree

tulipwood tree - any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood

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They would climb to the top of a bendy tree and then fling their weight to one side, causing it to lean over and allowing them to grab the next tree.

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