NOUN | plant | Thespesia, genus Thespesia | a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree |
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Meaning | A small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree. | |
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Synonym | genus Thespesia | |
Member of | Malvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow family | herbs and shrubs and some trees |
Members | portia tree, bendy tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea | pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
Spanish | genus thespesia, thespesia | |
Catalan | genus thespesia, thespesia |
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