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Definition of Thespesia
1. Noun. A small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree.
Exact synonyms: Genus Thespesia
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Bendy Tree, Portia Tree, Seaside Mahoe, Thespesia Populnea
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Bendy Tree, Portia Tree, Seaside Mahoe, Thespesia Populnea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thespesia
Literary usage of Thespesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock, C. J. H. Warden, David Hooper (1890)
"thespesia POPULNEA, Corn Fig.— Wight Ic., t. 8 ; Bedd. Fl. Syl., t. 63. ...
thespesia a feuilles de peuplier (Fr.). Hab.—Tropical shores of Bengal, Ceylon, ..."
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