Tabebuia
See also: tabebuia
Translingual
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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 Wikispecies.Wikispecies 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.
- 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 ..."