dor·ste·nia \dȯ(r)ˈstēnēə\noun Etymology: New Latin, from Theodor Dorsten died 1552 German botanist + New Latin -ia 1.capitalized: a large genus of tropical herbs (family Moraceae) having basal leaves and small monoecious flowers crowded upon a fleshy receptacle at the end of a long naked peduncle — see contrayerva 2.pluraldorsteniasalsodor·steni·ae\-ēˌē\: any plant of the genus Dorstenia