symplocos
noun
sym·plo·cos
ˈsimpləˌkäs
1
capitalized : a large genus of trees and shrubs (family Styracaceae) having flowers with the calyx tube adnate to the 5-celled ovary which becomes a fleshy indehiscent fruit and numerous stamens inserted on the corolla and being widely distributed in all continents except Europe and Africa see sweetleaf; symplocaceae
2
plural symplocos also symplocoses : any plant of the genus Symplocos
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Greek symplokos entwined, from symplekein to plait together