Translingual

Combretum indicum

Proper noun

Combretum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Combretaceae – the bushwillows.

Synonyms

• (genus): Quisqualis

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Myrtales - order; Combretaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Combretum fruticosum - type species; Combretum aculeatum, Combretum adenogonium, Combretum apiculatum, Combretum bracteosum, Combretum cacoucia, Combretum caffrum, Combretum camporum, Combretum caudatus, Combretum coccineum, Combretum collinum, Combretum comosum, Combretum confertus, Combretum constrictum, Combretum erythrophyllum, Combretum falcatum, Combretum farinosum, Combretum gillettianum, Combretum glutinosum, Combretum grandiflorum, Combretum hasslerianum, Combretum hereroense, Combretum holstii, Combretum imberbe, Combretum indicum, Combretum kraussii, Combretum lecardii, Combretum leprosum, Combretum micranthum, Combretum microphyllum, Combretum molle, Combretum mooreanum, Combretum mucronatum, Combretum nigricans, Combretum nioroense, Combretum ovalifolium, Combretum paniculatum, Combretum racemosum, Combretum rotundifolium, Combretum roxburghii, Combretum sericeum, Combretum zeyheri (species)

English

Noun

combretum ‎(plural combretums)

1. Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, with -ētum ‎(plant collective).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈbreː.tum/, [kɔmˈbreː.tũ]

Noun

combrētum n ‎(genitive combrētī); second declension

1. a kind of rush

Inflection

Second declension.

References

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “combrētum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 128

• combretum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “combretum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.