Calotropis
noun
Ca·lot·ro·pis
\kəˈlä‧trəpə̇s\
Definition of Calotropis
: a genus of Asian or African shrubs or trees (family Asclepiadaceae) having bell-shaped flowers with showy keel-shaped hoods and used as fiber plants — see mudar
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Origin and Etymology of calotropis
New Latin, from calo- + Greek tropis keel; akin to Greek trepein to turn — more at trope
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