noun
a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
• Syn: ↑Crescentia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bignoniaceae, ↑family Bignoniaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑calabash, ↑calabash tree, ↑Crescentia cujete
Useful english dictionary. 2012.