thespesia

English Thesaurus

1. a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	bendy tree, portia tree, seaside mahoe, thespesia populnea,
definition	:	pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae,
definition	:	herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra (noun.plant)