symplocos

noun

sym·​plo·​cos

ˈsimpləˌkäs

1

capitalized : a large genus of trees and shrubs (family Styracaceae) having flowers with the calyx tube adnate to the 5-celled ovary which becomes a fleshy indehiscent fruit and numerous stamens inserted on the corolla and being widely distributed in all continents except Europe and Africa see sweetleaf; symplocaceae

2

plural symplocos also symplocoses : any plant of the genus Symplocos

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Greek symplokos entwined, from symplekein to plait together

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