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Embothrium

noun

small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters

• Syn: ↑genus Embothrium

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Proteaceae, ↑family Proteaceae, ↑protea family

• Member Meronyms: ↑Chilean firebush, ↑Chilean flameflower, ↑Embothrium coccineum

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\\emˈbäthrēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from en- (II) + Greek bothrion small pit, diminutive of bothros pit

: a genus of shrubs or small trees (family Proteaceae) with long willowy branches, leathery entire leaves, and showy reddish flowers in terminal racemes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.