hissing tree, noun phrase

Origin:: See quotation 1966.

1917 [see mobola].

1966 C.A. Smith Common Names 248Hissing tree, Parinari curatellifolia s.sp. mobola...The vernacular name is probably derived from the rustling noise produced in the tree by the wind.

1972 [see mobola].

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