Connarus

Connarus
noun
large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae
• Syn: ↑genus Connarus
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Connarus guianensis

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\\ˈkänərəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek konnaros, a kind of prickly evergreen (perhaps the Christ's-thorn Paliurus spina-christi)
: a large genus (the type of the family Connaraceae) of tropical shrubs or trees bearing indehiscent one-seeded pods — see zebrawood

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  • Connărus — (C. L., Baumbohne), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Connaraceae, Monadelphie, Dekandrie L. Arten: C. africanus, C. asiaticus, C. santaloides, Bäume in Ost u. Westindien, bei uns Treibhauspflanzen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Connarus —   Connarus C. erianthus …   Wikipedia Español

  • Connarus — ID 21042 Symbol Key CONNA Common Name N/A Family Connaraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • CONNARUS Alexandrina — alias Lotos Libyca vel Cyrenaica, apud Alexandrinos, in secundis mensis plurimum olim commendabatur: cuius Historia apud Athenaeum, Agathoclis Cyziceni verbis depingitur, ubi ille inter alia δενδρίον vocat, haudque inferiorem ulmô et piceâ,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Connarus guianensis — noun tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork • Hypernyms: ↑zebrawood, ↑zebrawood tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Connarus, ↑genus Connarus …   Useful english dictionary

  • Connarus Guianensis — Zebrawood e bra*wood , n. (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree ({Connarus Guianensis}). (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia fragrans}).… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Connarus semidecandrus — ID 21043 Symbol Key COSE19 Common Name N/A Family Connaraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Cultivated, or not in the U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Connarus semidecandrus var. gaudichaudii — ID 21044 Symbol Key COSEG Common Name N/A Family Connaraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Cultivated, or not in the U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Connarus L. — Symbol CONNA Botanical Family Connaraceae …   Scientific plant list

  • connarus — con·na·rus …   English syllables

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