Meaning | genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood. |
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Synonym | genus Ormosia |
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Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
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Members | bead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma | small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers |
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jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata | West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds |
necklace tree | A tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | genus ormosia, ormosia |
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Catalan | genus ormosia, ormosia |
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