sīˈkō.trēə, -kä.- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Middle Greek psychōtria vivifying, from Greek psychē life — more at psyche
: a very large genus of chiefly So. American shrubs, trees, or rarely herbs (family Rubiaceae) having corymbose flowers with a 5-lobed corolla and a fruit that is a berrylike drupe with two nutlets