Ochna

noun

Och·​na

ˈäknə

: a genus (the type of the family Ochnaceae) of African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having yellow flowers with coriaceous petaloid sepals and numerous stamens

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek ochnē, onchnē pear tree; probably akin to Greek achras, a wild pear tree (probably Pyrus amygdaliformis)

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