Prosopis
1 of 2noun (1)
Pro·so·pis
prəˈsōpə̇s
: a genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees (family Leguminosae) having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes succeeded by large pods see mesquite
Prosopis
2 of 2noun (2)
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: the type genus of Prosopididae
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
New Latin, from Greek prosōpis burdock, perhaps from prosōpon face
Noun (2)
New Latin Prosopid-, Prosopis, perhaps irregular from Greek prosōpon face
- leopard seal
- leopard shark
- leopard snake
- leopard squirrel
- leopard tortoise
- leopard tree
- leopard's face
- leopard's faces
- leopard's head
- leopard's heads
- leopard's-bane
- leopard's-banes
- leopard-skin chief
- leopardbane
- leopardbanes
- leopardess
- leopardesses
- Leopardi
- leopardine
- leopards
- leopards' faces
- leopards' heads
- leopardwood
- Leopold I
- Leopold II