kātsˈbēə, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Mark Catesby ( Catesbaeus ) died 1749 English naturalist and traveler
: a genus of West Indian spiny shrubs or trees (family Rubiaceae) having small crowded leaves and solitary white flowers