Lonchocarpus

noun

Lon·​cho·​car·​pus

ˌläŋkəˈkärpəs

: a large genus of chiefly tropical American trees and shrubs (family Leguminosae) that have pinnate leaves and red and white flowers with the wings and keel united

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lonch- + -carpus

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