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Caesalpinia
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caesalpinia
Translingual
thumb|Caesalpinia sappan
thumb|Caesalpinia crista species
thumb|Caesalpinia vesicaria species
Etymology
From mul Cesalpino it surname -ia f. Named after Italian botanist Andrea Cesalpino. mul Q1043 1753.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Fabaceae nickers, brazilwoods, holdbacks and similar trees and shrubs, found from Peru and Mexico to the Bahamas
1753 Carl Linnaeus Species Plantarum mul Cæsalpinia. 1 380 1. CÆSALPINIA foliolis obovatis integerrimus. 1. CAESALPINIA has the most obovate leaf.
Hypernyms
genus ; Caesalpinioideae subfamily - subfamily; Caesalpinieae tribe - tribe
Hyponyms
genus Caesalpinia brasiliensis species - type species; Caesalpinia sappan species, Caesalpinia coriaria species, Caesalpinia pulcherrima species, Caesalpinia echinata species, Caesalpinia crista species - selected other species; for other species see 1 1 or 1
Descendants
en caesalpinia 1
fr césalpinie f 1
References
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CAESA
mul Caesalpinia subfamily plants