kiggelaria

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of polypetalous plants, belonging to the natural order Bixineæ, tribe Pangieæ, distinguished from other genera of the tribe by distinct scarcely imbricated sepals, the apical dehiscence of the capsules, and the numerous stamens. They are unarmed shrubs with entire or serrate leaves and few-flowered axillary racemes. Only three species are known, natives of the warmer parts of Africa. The anomalous character of the genus has led different authors to make it the type of a distinct botanical group.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A small genus of South African shrubs or small trees.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. small genus of South African shrubs or small trees