Meaning | genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons. |
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Synonym | genus Piscidia |
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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 | 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 |
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Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | genus piscidia, piscidia |
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Catalan | genus piscidia, piscidia |
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