Definition of Tournefortia
:a large genus of tropical trees and shrubs (family Boraginaceae) having alternate leaves and terminal cymes of small flowers and a fruit that is a fleshy or spongy 4-celled drupe
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Tournefortia
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Tour·ne·for·tia
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ˌtu̇rnəˈfȯrshēə
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-rtēə
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Origin and Etymology of tournefortia
New Latin, from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort †1708 French botanist + New Latin -ia
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