ˌsänəˈrāsh(ē)ə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pierre Sonnerat died 1814 French naturalist + New Latin -ia
: a genus (the type of the family Sonneratiaceae) of trees and shrubs having large flowers shaped like bells and succeeded by pulpy berries which in some members (as S. acida ) are used as a condiment in India — see kambala , pagatpat