SWIETENIA


Meaning of SWIETENIA in English

swēˈtēnēə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gerard van Swieten died 1772 Du. botanist and physician in Austria + New Latin -ia

: a small genus of tropical trees (family Meliaceae) having seeds winged above and anthers borne between the teeth of the stamen tube — see mahogany

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.