caesalpiniaceous

adjective

see caesalpiniaceae

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caesalpiniaceous /ses-al- or sē-zal-pi-ni-āˈshəs/

adjective

Of, or belonging to, the Caesalpiniāˈceae, a family of tropical leguminous plants, including brazil-wood, cassia and dividivi

ORIGIN: Named after Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603), Italian botanist