noun
small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar
• Syn: ↑genus Baphia
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑camwood, ↑African sandalwood, ↑Baphia nitida
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\\ˈbafēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek baphē dye (from baptein to dip, dye) + New Latin -ia — more at baptize
: a small genus of trees and shrubs (family Leguminosae) native to tropical Africa and Madagascar having unifoliolate leaves and bracteolate flowers with a sheathing calyx and 10 free stamens — see camwood
Useful english dictionary. 2012.