Crescentia

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Crescentia f A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – certain fruit trees. ==== 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; Crescentieae - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Crescentia cujete (calabash tree) - type species === References === Crescentia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Crescentia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Crescentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == German == === Etymology === From Latin Crēscentia, from crēscēns (“growing, increasing, rising, thriving”), from crēscō (“I grow, increase, rise, thrive”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Crescentia f (proper noun, genitive Crescentia) a female given name from Latin ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From crēscēns (“growing, increasing, rising, thriving”), from crēscō (“I grow, increase, rise, thrive”). Feminine form of the name Crescentius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krɛsˈkɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kreʃˈʃɛn.t͡si.a] === Proper noun === Crescentia f (genitive Crescentiae, masculine Crescentius); first declension a feminine praenomen ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== Crēscentina