Crescentia
noun
Cre·scen·tia
krə̇ˈsensh(ē)ə
: a genus of tropical American trees (family Bignoniaceae) distinguished chiefly by short trunk, crooked limbs, often drooping branches, purplish blotched flowers, and large globose fruits see calabash
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Pietro Crescenzi (Petrus de Crescentiis) †1310? Italian writer on agriculture + New Latin -ia