Crescentia

noun

Cre·​scen·​tia

krə̇ˈsensh(ē)ə

: a genus of tropical American trees (family Bignoniaceae) distinguished chiefly by short trunk, crooked limbs, often drooping branches, purplish blotched flowers, and large globose fruits see calabash

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Pietro Crescenzi (Petrus de Crescentiis) †1310? Italian writer on agriculture + New Latin -ia

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