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Where does “Hippomaneae” come from?

Hippomaneae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Hippomane, from Latin hippomanes, from Ancient Greek ἱππομανές, from Ancient Greek ἱππομᾰνής — swarming with horses.

Ancestry of “Hippomaneae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualHippomane—
2Latinhippomanes—
3Ancient Greekἱππομανέςthorn apple , of which horses are madly fond or...
4Ancient Greekἱππομᾰνήςswarming with horses
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