Mangifera

noun

Man·​gif·​era

manˈjif(ə)rə

: a large genus of tropical Asiatic trees (family Anacardiaceae) that have coriaceous entire leaves, small paniculate flowers, and a fleshy drupaceous fruit with a fibrous mesocarp see mango

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary mango + Latin -fera, feminine of -fer -ferous

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Rhymes for Mangifera

• antisera
• cladocera
• hemiptera
• homoptera
• lonicera
• neuroptera
• oenothera
• orthoptera
• phylloxera
• primavera
• spodoptera
• subgenera