bumelia

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English

Noun

bumelia (plural bumelias)

  1. Any shrub or tree of genus Sideroxylon (formerly Bumelia).
    • 1972, George A. Petrides, A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs, page 192:
      This species and the bumelias are the only thorny plants with milky sap. Small specimens differ from bumelias in having false end buds and in leaf shape.
    • 1983, The Illustrated Book of Trees, page 387:
      The bumelias are shrubs or small trees with alternate, simple, evergreen or deciduous leaves; with the leaves commonly in clusters on short lateral spurs.
    • 2010, Sally S. Weeks, Harmon P. Weeks (Jr.), George R. Parker, Native Trees of the Midwest, page 108:
      Bumelia supplies some cover value to wildlife, since its limb configuration is suitable for songbird nest placement; its occasional thorns may offer some protection from predators.

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Bumelia, derived from Ancient Greek βουμελία (boumelía, ash, tree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈmɛ.lja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlja
  • Hyphenation: bu‧mè‧lia

Noun

bumelia f (plural bumelie)

  1. sideroxylon

Further reading

  • bumelia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana