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Andira

noun

small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa

• Syn: ↑genus Andira

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑angelim, ↑andelmin, ↑cabbage bark, ↑cabbage-bark tree, ↑cabbage tree, ↑Andira inermis

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\\anˈdērə, -dirə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Portuguese, angelim, from Tupi

: a genus of tropical American trees (family Leguminosae) characterized by large odd-pinnate leaves, fragrant showy rose to purplish flowers in terminal clusters, and a fruit resembling a drupe

Useful english dictionary. 2012.