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cre·scen·tia
\krə̇ˈsensh(ē)ə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pietro Crescenzi (Petrus de Crescentiis) died 1310? Italian writer on agriculture + New Latin -ia
: a genus of tropical American trees (family Bignoniaceae) distinguished chiefly by short trunk, crooked limbs, often drooping branches, purplish blotched flowers, and large globose fruits — see calabash |