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Dichapetalum

noun
Di·cha·pet·a·lum | \ˌdīkəˈpetᵊləm\

Definition of Dichapetalum 

: a genus (the type of the family Dichapetalaceae) of African and Malagasy shrubs that have coriacious leaves and small regular flowers borne in compound cymes or in umbels

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History and Etymology for Dichapetalum

New Latin, from Greek dicha in two + Greek petalon leaf

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