Noun: traveler's tree
Usage: US (elsewhere: traveller's tree)
Usage: US (elsewhere: traveller's tree)
- Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers
"The traveler's tree lived up to its name by providing water to thirsty hikers";
- traveller's tree [Brit, Cdn], ravenala, Ravenala madagascariensis
Derived forms: traveler's trees
Type of: ligneous plant, woody plant
Part of: genus Ravenala
Encyclopedia: Traveler's tree