ˌmaləˈzərbēə, ˌmaləsˈhər-, malˈzər- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Chrétien G. de Lamoignon de Malesherbes died 1794 French statesman + New Latin -ia
: a genus of So. American herbs or undershrubs (family Malesherbiaceae) that have capsular fruit and large yellow racemose flowers with a tubular calyx exceeding the corolla