greenwithe

noun

1

: a West Indian climbing orchid (Vanilla claviculata)

2

: a West Indian shrub (Forsteronia floribunda) of the family Apocynaceae having a milky juice that yields a rubber

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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