Triplochiton

noun

Trip·​lo·​chiton

ˌtriplō+

: a small genus comprising tall tropical African trees with palmately lobed alternate leaves like those of the maple and being included in Sterculiaceae or made the type of a separate family see obeche

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from tripl- + chiton

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