Metrosideros

noun

Metro·​si·​de·​ros

: a genus of trees, shrubs, and vines (family Myrtaceae) chiefly of the Pacific islands that have hard dense heavy wood and large flowers borne in 2-forked or 3-forked cymes see lehua, lignum vitae sense 3

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from metr- + Greek sidēros iron

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