Catesbaea

noun

Cates·​baea

kātsˈbēə

: a genus of West Indian spiny shrubs or trees (family Rubiaceae) having small crowded leaves and solitary white flowers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Mark Catesby (Catesbaeus) †1749 English naturalist and traveler

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