Tournefortia

noun

Tour·​ne·​for·​tia

ˌtu̇rnəˈfȯrshēə,

-rtēə

: a large genus of tropical trees and shrubs (family Boraginaceae) having alternate leaves and terminal cymes of small flowers and a fruit that is a fleshy or spongy 4-celled drupe

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort †1708 French botanist + New Latin -ia

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