calliandra

noun

any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Calliandra

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\\ˌkalēˈandrə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from calli- + -andra

: a genus of tropical pinnate-leaved trees and shrubs (family Leguminosae) with clustered flowers having conspicuous stamens