Eugenia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eugenia \Eu*ge"ni*a\ ([-u]*j[=e]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. Named in
     honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy.] (Bot.)
     A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries,
     and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which
     are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Eugenia
       n : tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often
           valuable hard wood [syn: {genus Eugenia}]