Enterolobium

noun

En·​ter·​o·​lo·​bi·​um

ˌentərōˈlōbēəm

: a small genus of tropical American lumber trees (family Leguminosae) with finely dissected compound leaves, globose heads of small flowers with exserted stamens, and spirally coiled pods see conacaste

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from enter- + Greek lobos capsule, pod + New Latin -ium

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