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noun
Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: woody plant, ligneous plant
History
Borrowed from translingual Combretum, from Latin combrētum.
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