soldierwood

From soldier +‎ wood; plants of species Colubrina elliptica make a sound like that of musket fire when they disperse their peppercorn-size seeds.

soldierwood (uncountable)

1. A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the Caribbean, whose flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.

   Synonym: stickpea

2. A plant of species Colubrina elliptica

   Synonym: nakedwood

• “soldierwood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “soldierwood”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• soldierwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia