Humiria

noun

Hu·​mir·​ia

hyüˈmirēə

: a genus (the type of the family Humiriaceae) of South American balsam-yielding trees with small cymose flowers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of Portuguese umirí umiri

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