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Ochna

noun
Och·​na | \ ˈäknə\

Definition of Ochna

: a genus (the type of the family Ochnaceae) of African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having yellow flowers with coriaceous petaloid sepals and numerous stamens

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History and Etymology for Ochna

New Latin, from Greek ochnē, onchnē pear tree; probably akin to Greek achras, a wild pear tree (probably Pyrus amygdaliformis)

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