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Codiaeum

noun

evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands

• Syn: ↑genus Codiaeum

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbiaceae, ↑family Euphorbiaceae, ↑spurge family

• Member Meronyms: ↑croton, ↑Codiaeum variegatum

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Malay kodiho

: a small genus of Indo-Malayan trees and shrubs of the family Euphorbiaceae having thick leathery highly colored often variegated leaves — see croton 2

Useful english dictionary. 2012.