məˈnimēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Monima (from Latin, from Greek Monimē ), the wife of Mithridates VI died 63B.C. king of ancient Pontus after whom a related genus ( Mithridatea ) had been named + New Latin -ia
: a genus (the type of the family Monimiaceae) of shrubs native to the Mascarene islands having opposite leaves and small diclinous flowers