Guazuma

noun

Gua·​zu·​ma

ˈgwäzəmə

: a small genus of chiefly tropical American trees (family Sterculiaceae) with alternate toothed leaves, cymose flowers, and a woody capsule see bastard cedar sense e

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from American Spanish guázuma

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