Tabebuia

See also: tabebuia

Translingual

Etymology

From a Tupian word tacyba (“ant”) + bebuya (“wood”), because hollowed-out tabebuias are often inhabited by ants; the contracted form may have existed in Tupi[1] or been introduced by Gomes.[2]

Proper noun

Tabebuia f

(sensu lato) A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – trees including certain trumpet trees, ipe, pau d’arco, and lapacho.
(sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – excluding species now in Handroanthus and Roseodendron.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Bignoniaceae - family; Tecomeae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Tabebuia cassinoides; - type species; for other species see Tabebuia on WikispeciesWikispecies and Tabebuia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Tabebuia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tabebuia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tabebuia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tabebuia at USDA Plants database
Tabebuia at The Plant List

“Tabebuia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Alwyn H. Gentry, Tabebuia (Bignoniaceae) in Central America (1969), page 30: "Nevertheless, Gomes did introduce the word "tabebuia" a contraction of "tacyba bebuya" meaning "ant wood" in the Tupi Indian dialect ..."

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[1] “Tabebuia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

[2] Alwyn H. Gentry, Tabebuia (Bignoniaceae) in Central America (1969), page 30: "Nevertheless, Gomes did introduce the word "tabebuia" a contraction of "tacyba bebuya" meaning "ant wood" in the Tupi Indian dialect ..."