ˌpōməˈderə̇s noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pōmat-, pōma lid, cover + derris skin, leather covering, from derein to skin — more at pomacentridae , derm-
: a genus of hoary pubescent Australasian shrubs (family Rhamnaceae) having alternate leaves and cymose white or yellowish flowers with the ovary partly adnate to the calyx