pisonia

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noun

Any of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.

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Meanings

nounpisonia (plural pisonias)

plural pisonias

  1. biologyAny of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.

    Synonyms: bird-catcher tree, catchbirdtree, birdcatcher tree, birdlime tree

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the genus Pisonia of nyctaginaceous flowering plants.

Similar
bird-catcher treecatchbirdtreebirdcatcher treebirdlime tree
Also see
bird-catcher tree

Origin

  1. translingualPisonia
  2. Englishpisonia

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pisonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisonia

MLA

“pisonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisonia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pisonia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisonia.

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