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cordia, n.|ˈkɔːdɪə|
[mod.L., f. the name of Euricius Cordus (1486–1535) and Valerius his son (1515–44), German scholars + -ia1.]
Any plant of the tropical and subtropical genus Cordia, of the borage family, comprising evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees grown as ornamentals for their showy flowers and in the tropics for timber.
1756P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 202 The bushy Cordia, with large scarlet flowers. 1814J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis I. 198 Adorned with large bunches of fine scarlet flowers, (hence the name of scarlet cordia). 1905Chambers's Jrnl. May 367/1 Probably the most beautiful and conspicuous trees [in the Bermudas] are..the scarlet cordia, and others. 1939Florida (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 332 The rough-leaved cordia, or geiger tree. 1959G. Drayton Christopher i. ii. 26 An orange moon was coming up over the cordia trees that lined the lawn. 1972Timber Trades Jrnl. 13 May 40/2 The great virtue of cordia was its stability..and it was in good supply, areas of Nigeria having some 400 cordia trees to a square mile. |