pittosporum

See also: Pittosporum

English

Wikispecies

The fruit of P. halophilum in Hawaii's Maui Nui Botanical Garden

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɒspərəm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪtəˈspɔrəm/

Noun

pittosporum (plural pittosporums)

1. Any plant of the genus Pittosporum, various Old World shrubs and trees.
   • 2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 190:

     Crimson and orange chats whistled from the heath of spinifex, pittosporums, mulga and eremophila scrubs growing along the sides of the lake.

French

Noun

pittosporum m (plural pittosporums)

1. pittosporum

Further reading

• “pittosporum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

pittosporum n (genitive pittosporī); second declension

1. (New Latin) a pittosporum
2. (New Latin) the pittosporum collectively.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pittosporum	pittospora
Genitive	pittosporī	pittosporōrum
Dative	pittosporō	pittosporīs
Accusative	pittosporum	pittospora
Ablative	pittosporō	pittosporīs
Vocative	pittosporum	pittospora