HyperDic: genus_piscidia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Piscidia:
NOUNplantgenus Piscidia, Piscidiagenus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds
English > genus Piscidia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons.
SynonymPiscidia
Member ofPapilionoideae, subfamily PapilionoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
MembersJamaica dogwood, fish fuddle, Piscidia piscipula, Piscidia erythrinasmall tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus piscidia, piscidia
Catalangenus piscidia, piscidia

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