1 guettarda | Definition of guettarda

guettarda

noun
guet·​tar·​da | \ gəˈtärdÉ™\

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

History and Etymology for guettarda

New Latin, after Jacques Étienne Guettard †1786 French naturalist

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