canafistola n 1: deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia [syn: {golden shower tree}, {drumstick tree}, {purging cassia}, {pudding pipe tree}, {canafistola}, {canafistula}, {Cassia fistula}]
canafistola \canafistola\, canafistula \canafistula\n. a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree ({Cassia fistula}) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia. Syn: golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola. [WordNet 1.5]