1. a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches; [syn: Crescentia, genus Crescentia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Crescentia
n 1: a genus of tropical American trees of the family
Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and
drooping branches [syn: Crescentia, genus Crescentia]