Rhynchosia

noun

Rhyn·​cho·​sia

riŋˈkōzh(ē)ə

: a large genus of chiefly tropical often twining plants (family Leguminosae) with trifoliolate stipulate leaves and racemose yellow flowers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek rhynchos snout + New Latin -ia; from the shape of the pod

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