te|co|ma

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.

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