| NOUN | plant | Crescentia, genus Crescentia | a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae |
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| Meaning | A genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches. | |
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| Synonym | genus Crescentia | |
| Member of | Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae | Trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules |
| Members | calabash, calabash tree, Crescentia cujete | Tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
| Spanish | crescentia, genus crescentia | |
| Catalan | crescentia, genus crescentia | |
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