- te|co|ma
- te|co|ma «tih KOH muh», noun. Botany.1. any one of various plants of the bignonia family, consisting chiefly of erect, climbing, or twining shrubs with showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, mostly red or yellow.2. any one of several related tall trees with digitate leaves, used for timber and in medicine.╂[< New Latin Tecoma the genus name < Nahuatl tecomaxochitl < tecomatl calabash tree, earthen pot + xochitl rose, flower]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.