Terminalia
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Terminalia catappa
See also: terminalia
Translingual
Etymology
Latin terminālis (“terminal”) + -ia f.
Proper noun
Terminalia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Combretaceae – large tropical trees whose leaves appear at the tips of shoots, including tropical almonds.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Myrtales – order; Combretaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Terminalia catappa (tropical almond) – type species; Terminalia arjuna, Terminalia chebula, Terminalia sericea – selected other species; for the numerous other species see
Terminalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Descendants
- → English: terminalia
- → Italian: terminalia
- → Russian: термина́лия (terminálija)
Further reading
Terminalia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Terminalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Terminalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Terminalia at USDA Plants database
- Terminalia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Terminalia at the Catalogue of Life
- Terminalia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Terminalia at The Plant List
- Terminalia at Paleobiology Database
English
Proper noun
Terminalia
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a festival to Terminus, the god of boundaries.