Viminaria

noun

Vim·​i·​nar·​ia

ˌviməˈna(a)rēə

: a genus of Australian leafless shrubs (family Leguminosae) that resemble the brooms and have small orange-yellow flowers with a broad vexillum and connate keel petals and a one-seeded pod see swamp oak

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin vimin-, vimen withe + New Latin -aria

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