Connarus

noun

Con·​na·​rus

ˈkänərəs

: a large genus (the type of the family Connaraceae) of tropical shrubs or trees bearing indehiscent one-seeded pods see zebrawood

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek konnaros, a kind of prickly evergreen (perhaps the Christ's-thorn Paliurus spina-christi)

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