Terminalia

See also: terminalia

Translingual

Terminalia catappa

Etymology

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Proper noun

Terminalia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Combretaceae – large tropical trees whose leaves appear at the tips of shoots, including tropical almonds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Myrtales - order; Combretaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Terminalia catappa (tropical almond) - type species; for the numerous other species see Terminalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Further reading

• Terminalia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Terminalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Terminalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Terminalia at USDA Plants database
• Terminalia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Terminalia at the Catalogue of Life 
• Terminalia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Terminalia at The Plant List
• Terminalia at Paleobiology Database

English

Proper noun

Terminalia

1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a festival to Terminus, the god of boundaries.

Anagrams

• laminarite