Noun: traveller's tree
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: traveler's tree)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: traveler'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 travellers
"The traveller's tree lived up to its name by providing water to thirsty hikers";
- traveler's tree [US], ravenala, Ravenala madagascariensis
Type of: ligneous plant, woody plant
Part of: genus Ravenala
Encyclopedia: Traveller's tree