genus Andira

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Noun

1.genus Andira - small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western AfricaAndirarosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsPapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceaeandelmin, angelim - any of several tropical American trees of the genus AndiraAndira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree, cabbage tree - tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic