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A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs of the suborder Mimoseæ and tribe Adenanthereæ, characterized by the cylindrical spikes, and by the pod, which is nearly cylindrical, straight or curved or twisted, coriaceous or hard and spongy, indehiscent, and commonly filled with a pulpy or fleshy substance between the seeds.

In zoology: A genus of obtusilingual solitary bees of the family Andrenidæ.

A section or subgenus of Trochatella, a genus of Helicinidæ.