Cupania

noun

Cu·​pa·​nia

kyüˈpānēə

: a genus of tropical American timber trees (family Sapindaceae) with greenish or white paniculate flowers and capsular fruit see guara

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Francesco Cupani †1711 Sicilian botanist + New Latin -ia

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