Pittosporum

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin pittosporum, from Ancient Greek πίττα (pítta, “pitch”) + σπόρος (spóros, “seed, spore”), from the sticky resin surrounding its seeds.

Proper noun

Pittosporum f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pittosporaceae – certain of trees called cheesewoods.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Pittosporaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pittosporum tenuifolium (kohuhu) - type species

Descendants

• English: pittosporum

References

• Pittosporum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pittosporum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pittosporum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons