Caesalpinia

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Translingual

Caesalpinia sappan
Caesalpinia crista
Caesalpinia vesicaria

Etymology

From Italian Cesalpino (“surname”) +‎ -ia f. Named after Italian botanist Andrea Cesalpino. Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

Proper noun

Caesalpinia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – nickers, brazilwoods, holdbacks and similar trees and shrubs, found from Peru and Mexico to the Bahamas.
    • 1753, Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, volume 1, Cæsalpinia., page 380:
      1. CÆSALPINIA foliolis obovatis integerrimus.
      1. CAESALPINIA has the most obovate leaf.

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Descendants

  • → English: caesalpinia (learned)
  • → French: césalpinie f (learned)

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