English noun: genus Crescentia | |||
1. | genus Crescentia (plant) a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches | ||
Synonyms | Crescentia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | asterid dicot genus | ||
Member holonym | calabash, calabash tree, Crescentia cujete | ||
Member meronym | Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae | ||