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Colubrina

noun

mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits

• Syn: ↑genus Colubrina

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rhamnaceae, ↑family Rhamnaceae, ↑buckthorn family

• Member Meronyms: ↑nakedwood

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\\ˌkäl(y)əˈbrīnə, -brēnə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, a plant, from feminine of Latin colubrinus snakelike

: a genus of mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees (family Rhamnaceae) with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits

Useful english dictionary. 2012.