noun
tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees
• Syn: ↑genus Psychotria
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑family Rubiaceae, ↑madder family
• Member Meronyms: ↑lemonwood, ↑lemon-wood, ↑lemonwood tree, ↑lemon-wood tree, ↑Psychotria capensis
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\\sīˈkō.trēə, -kä.-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Middle Greek psychōtria vivifying, from Greek psychē life — more at psyche
: a very large genus of chiefly So. American shrubs, trees, or rarely herbs (family Rubiaceae) having corymbose flowers with a 5-lobed corolla and a fruit that is a berrylike drupe with two nutlets
Useful english dictionary. 2012.