Calotropis
noun
Ca·lot·ro·pis
kəˈlä‧trəpə̇s
: a genus of Asian or African shrubs or trees (family Asclepiadaceae) having bell-shaped flowers with showy keel-shaped hoods and used as fiber plants see mudar
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from calo- + Greek tropis keel; akin to Greek trepein to turn
- caroler
- carolers
- caroli
- carolin
- Carolina
- Carolina allspice
- Carolina anemone
- Carolina anole
- carolina anoles
- Carolina ash
- Carolina bay
- Carolina bean
- Carolina beechdrops
- Carolina box turtle
- Carolina buckthorn
- Carolina chickadee
- Carolina duck
- Carolina grasshopper
- Carolina hemlock
- Carolina horsenettle
- Carolina ipecac
- carolina jasmine
- Carolina jessamine
- Carolina junco
- carolina locust