ə̇ˈper(y)əwə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, of Cariban origin; akin to Galibi eperu, a species of Eperua
: a small genus of tropical So. American timber trees (family Leguminosae) having leathery leaflets, large white, red, or purple flowers in panicled racemes, and a rather woody 2-valved 2-seeded legume — see wallaba