guettarda

noun

guet·​tar·​da

gəˈtärdə

1

capitalized : a genus of tropical American shrubs or trees (family Rubiaceae) with hard fine-grained yellowish brown to gray wood

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Guettarda

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, after Jacques Étienne Guettard †1786 French naturalist

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