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Piscidia

noun

genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons

• Syn: ↑genus Piscidia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Jamaica dogwood, ↑fish fuddle, ↑Piscidia piscipula, ↑Piscidia erythrina

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\\pə̇ˈsidēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, blend of pisci- and -cidia (from Latin caedere to kill); from the fact that leaves and bark of shrubs of this genus poison fish when thrown into the water — more at concise

: a genus of shrubs or small trees (family Leguminosae) having pink or white and red flowers in panicles and indehiscent pods with black seeds — see jamaica dogwood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.