Etymology

senegalia

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Today it means: Any leguminous plant of the genus Senegalia, closely related to acacias, found across the Southern Hemisphere. Full definition →

translingual Senegalia ← Latin Senegalia
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  1. Latin · derived fromSenegalia“Senegal”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromSenegalia
  3. English todaysenegalia

Borrowed from translingual Senegalia, from Latin Senegalia (“Senegal”), equivalent to Senegal + -ia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.