genus Crescentia

Definitions of genus Crescentia
  1. noun
    a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
    synonyms: Crescentia
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    type of:
    asterid dicot genus
    genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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