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Monimia

noun
Mo·​nim·​ia | \ məˈnimēə\

Definition of Monimia

: a genus (the type of the family Monimiaceae) of shrubs native to the Mascarene islands having opposite leaves and small diclinous flowers

History and Etymology for Monimia

New Latin, from Latin Monima (from Latin, from Greek Monimē), the wife of Mithridates VI †63b.c. king of ancient Pontus after whom a related genus (Mithridatea) had been named + New Latin -ia

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