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Enterolobium

noun

small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia

• Syn: ↑genus Enterolobium

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑subfamily Mimosoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑conacaste, ↑elephant's ear, ↑Enterolobium cyclocarpa

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\\ˌentərōˈlōbēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from enter- + Greek lobos capsule, pod + New Latin -ium

: a small genus of tropical American lumber trees (family Leguminosae) with finely dissected compound leaves, globose heads of small flowers with exserted stamens, and spirally coiled pods — see conacaste

Useful english dictionary. 2012.