Definition of Mesadenia
in some classifications
: a separate genus comprising the New World members of the genus Cacalia
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Origin and Etymology of mesadenia
New Latin, from mes- + Greek aden-, adēn gland + New Latin -ia; from the central projection of the receptacle
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