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pittosporum

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/pəˈtɒspərəm/
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/pəˈtɒspərəm/ · /pɪˈtɒsp(ə)ɹəm/ (UK)

Definition of pittosporum

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noun

  1. A plant of the genus Pittosporum, comprising various Old World shrubs and trees.
    “Coldish night. Scent of pittosporum and other blossoming plants stabs the air.”
    “Crimson and orange chats whistled from the heath of spinifex, pittosporums, mulga and eremophila scrubs growing along the sides of the lake.”

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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.

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