Casimiroa

noun

Cas·​i·​mi·​roa

ˌkazəmə̇ˈrōə,

-ˈmirəwə

: a small genus of tropical American evergreen trees and shrubs (family Rutaceae) having alternate digitately compound leaves and small greenish yellow flowers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Casimiro Gómez Ortega †1810 Spanish botanist

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