Turnera

noun

Tur·​nera

ˈtərnərə

: a large genus (the type of the family Turneraceae) of tropical American dicotyledonous plants having alternate leaves and solitary axillary yellow flowers often with the peduncle and petiole coherent see damiana, yellow alder

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, after William Turner †1568 English physician and botanist

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