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Trema

noun

an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia

• Syn: ↑genus Trema

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ulmaceae, ↑family Ulmaceae, ↑elm family

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\\ˈtrēmə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Tremat-, Trema, from Greek trēmat-, trēma hole — more at throw

: a genus of tropical shrubs and trees (family Ulmaceae) having alternate distichous leaves and cymose polygamous flowers succeeded by small drupes

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trema /trēˈmə/

noun

1. An orifice

2. A diaeresis, two dots placed as a mark of separate pronunciation over a vowel-letter

ORIGIN: Gr trēma, -atos a hole

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trematic /tri-matˈik/ adjective (zoology)

Of the gill slits

trematode /tremˈə-tōd/ noun

Any member of the Trematoˈda, a class of parasitic, unsegmented flatworms with adhesive suckers

tremˈatoid noun and adjective

Useful english dictionary. 2012.