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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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History and Etymology for guettarda

New Latin, after Jacques Étienne Guettard †1786 French naturalist

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