krə̇ˈsensh(ē)ə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pietro Crescenzi (Petrus de Crescentiis ) died 1310? Italian writer on agriculture + New Latin -ia
: a genus of tropical American trees (family Bignoniaceae) distinguished chiefly by short trunk, crooked limbs, often drooping branches, purplish blotched flowers, and large globose fruits — see calabash