ˌtu̇rnəˈfȯrshēə, -rd.ēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort died 1708 French botanist + New Latin -ia
: a large genus of tropical trees and shrubs (family Boraginaceae) having alternate leaves and terminal cymes of small flowers and a fruit that is a fleshy or spongy 4-celled drupe