gmelina

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

gmelina (plural gmelinas)

1. (botany) Any member of the genus Gmelina.
   • 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 63:

     The air is cool in this shade of whistling gmelina trees.

Anagrams

• Leaming, ameling, geminal, leaming, mealing, megalin

Cebuano

Etymology

From New Latin Gmelina, named after German botanist Johann Georg Gmelin (1709–1755).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: g‧me‧li‧na

Noun

gmelina

1. any member of the genus Gmelina
2. the wood from this tree