vəˈrōnēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Varron-, Varro (Marcus Terentius Varro died 27 B.C. Roman scholar) + New Latin -ia
: a large genus of tropical American shrubs and trees (family Boraginaceae) having pubescent or scabrous foliage and small usually white flowers with a 4-lobed or 5-lobed limb followed by fruit that is a small slightly fleshy drupe