gliricidia

noun

any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous

• Hypernyms: ↑tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Gliricidia

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\\ˌglirəˈsidēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gliri- (from New Latin Glires) + Latin -cida -cide + New Latin -ia

: a genus of low-branching trees (family Leguminosae) with odd-pinnate leaves having 7 to 15 large leaflets, pink flowers borne in great profusion, dark durable wood, and roots that together with the leaves are believed to be poisonous to mice and rats