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Pinckneya

noun

small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America

• Syn: ↑genus Pinckneya

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑family Rubiaceae, ↑madder family

• Member Meronyms: ↑fever tree, ↑Georgia bark, ↑bitter-bark, ↑Pinckneya pubens

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\\ˈpiŋknēə, piŋkˈnēyə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Charles C. Pinckney died 1825 American statesman

: a genus of trees (family Rubiaceae) having showy pink and purple flowers with large colored bracts — see georgia bark

Useful english dictionary. 2012.