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pisonia

pisonia noun: any of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.

Noun

pisonia (plural pisonias)

  1. Any of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.
    Synonyms:
    bird-catcher tree, catchbirdtree, birdcatcher tree, birdlime tree

Synonyms of pisonia

Forms of pisonia

pluralpisonias

Origin of pisonia

From translingual Pisonia, from New Latin, from the Latin form of Willem Pies, a Dutch doctor and naturalist, + -nia.

Questions about pisonia

What does pisonia mean?
Pisonia means any of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.
What part of speech is pisonia?
Pisonia is a noun.
What is the plural of pisonia?
The plural of pisonia is pisonias.

Words near pisonia in the dictionary

  1. pisoliths
  2. pisolitic
  3. pisolitic ironstone
  4. pisolitic ironstones
  5. pisometacarpal
  6. pisonia
  7. pisonias
  8. pisos
  9. pisoscaphoid
  10. Pisot number
  11. Pisot numbers

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