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Pisonia

pi·so·nia

uncommon

noun

1.

genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America

Origin

From translingual Pisonia, from New Latin, from the Latin form of Willem Pies, a Dutch doctor and naturalist, + -nia.

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