guettarda
noun
guet·tar·da
\gəˈtärdə\
Definition of guettarda
1 capitalized : a genus of tropical American shrubs or trees (family Rubiaceae) with hard fine-grained yellowish brown to gray wood
2 plural -s : any plant of the genus Guettarda
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Origin and Etymology of guettarda
New Latin, after Jacques Étienne Guettard †1786 French naturalist
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