Etymology

bishop wood

Today it means: Any member of species Bischofia javanica of trees of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. Full definition →

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The story

After Bischofia, after Gottleib Wilhelm T. G. Bischoff (See German Bischof (“bishop”)), 1797–1854, German botanist

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