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noun
Any of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: bird-catcher tree, catchbirdtree, birdcatcher tree, birdlime tree
Antonyms: none provided
noun
genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Pisonia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: caryophylloid dicot genus
History
From translingual Pisonia, from New Latin, from the Latin form of Willem Pies, a Dutch doctor and naturalist, + -nia.
