Royena

noun

Roy·​e·​na

rȯiˈēnə,

rȯ(i)ˈyē-

: a genus of southern African shrubs or trees (family Ebenaceae) having monoclinous flowers with bell-shaped accrescent calyx and reflexed corolla lobes see african bladdernut

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Adrian van Royen †1779 Dutch botanist

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