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Noun: traveller's tree
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: traveler's tree)
  1. 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