gnetum

noun

small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour

• Syn: ↑Gnetum gnemon

• Hypernyms: ↑gymnospermous tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Gnetum

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\\ˈnēd.əm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, alteration of gnemon, modification of Moluccan Malay ganemu

: a genus (the type of the family Gnetaceae) of tropical shrubs or small trees usually having climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers, the fruit being usually drupaceous and aggregated in a rough cone

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Gnetum /nēˈtəm/

noun

A tropical genus of trees and shrubs constituting, with Ephedra and Welwitschia, the order Gnetāˈlēs, gymnosperms differing from conifers in having a perianth, vessels in secondary wood, and no resin canals

ORIGIN: Said to be from gnemon, a name used in the Indonesian island of Ternate