Rhagodia

noun

Rha·​go·​dia

rəˈgōdēə

: a genus of Australian shrubs or herbs (family Chenopodiaceae) with small greenish spicate or panicled flowers succeeded by fleshy berries

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek rhagōdēs like grapes (from rhag-, rhax grape + -ōdēs -ode) + New Latin -ia

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