Ormosia

noun

genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood

• Syn: ↑genus Ormosia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms:

↑necklace tree, ↑bead tree, ↑jumby bean, ↑jumby tree, ↑Ormosia monosperma, ↑jumby bead, ↑jumbie bead, ↑Ormosia coarctata

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\\ȯ(r)ˈmōzh(ē)ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hormos chain, necklace + New Latin -ia; from the use of its berries as beads — more at series

: a genus of shrubs and trees (family Leguminosae) chiefly of So. America and Central America with pink to reddish wood — see jumby bean, necklace tree