Etymology

albizzia

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Today it means: Any of a number of trees and shrubs considered either now or formerly to belong to the genus Albizia. Full definition →

taxonomic name Albizzia
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  1. taxonomic name · derived fromAlbizzia
  2. English todayalbizzia

From the commonly used, but invalid taxonomic name Albizzia, a correction of Albizia to match Filippo degli Albizzi's name. Such corrections, however, are not allowed by the taxonomic rules.

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