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Parkinsonia

noun

small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees

• Syn: ↑genus Parkinsonia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinioideae, ↑subfamily Caesalpinioideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Jerusalem thorn, ↑horsebean, ↑Parkinsonia aculeata, ↑palo verde, ↑Parkinsonia florida, ↑Cercidium floridum

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\\ˌpärkənˈsōnēə, ˌpȧk-, -nyə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from John Parkinson died 1650 English botanist + New Latin -ia

: a small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees (family Leguminosae) with minute pinnate early deciduous leaves and racemose yellow flowers with a valvate calyx — see jerusalem thorn

Useful english dictionary. 2012.