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am·herst·ia \amˈhərstēə, aˈmər-\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Sarah, Countess Amherst died 1838 & Sarah Elizabeth Amherst died 1876 British amateur naturalists + New Latin -ia : a genus of leguminous trees of India and Burma containing a single species (A. nobilis) of trees with immense pinnate leaves and pendent clusters of yellow-spotted vermilion flowers |