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Connarus

noun

large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae

• Syn: ↑genus Connarus

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Connarus guianensis

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\\ˈkänərəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek konnaros, a kind of prickly evergreen (perhaps the Christ's-thorn Paliurus spina-christi)

: a large genus (the type of the family Connaraceae) of tropical shrubs or trees bearing indehiscent one-seeded pods — see zebrawood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.