| NOUN | plant | genus Piscidia, Piscidia | genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds |
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| Meaning | genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons. | |
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| Synonym | Piscidia | |
| Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
| Members | Jamaica dogwood, fish fuddle, Piscidia piscipula, Piscidia erythrina | small 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 |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | genus piscidia, piscidia | |
| Catalan | genus piscidia, piscidia | |
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