HyperDic: genus_crescentia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Crescentia:
NOUNplantgenus Crescentia, Crescentiaa genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae
English > genus Crescentia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches.
SynonymCrescentia
Member ofBignoniaceae, family BignoniaceaeTrees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules
Memberscalabash, calabash tree, Crescentia cujeteTropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishcrescentia, genus crescentia
Catalancrescentia, genus crescentia

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