millettia

noun

any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood

• Hypernyms: ↑tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Millettia

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\\mə̇ˈled.ēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Charles Millett, 19th century English official in the Far East + New Latin -ia

: a genus of trees and shrubs (family Leguminosae) found in the Old World tropics and having showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood