Serjania

noun

Ser·​ja·​nia

sə(r)ˈjānyə,

-nēə

: a genus of tropical American woody tendril-bearing vines (family Sapindaceae) having compound leaves, irregular yellow racemose flowers with four petals and five concave sepals, and fruit that is wing-margined

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Philippe Serjeant, 17th century French botanist + New Latin -ia

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