Negundo (negundo)

[NL. (Moench, 1794); from a native name.] 1. A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the order Aceracea ( Sapin Branch with Fruits of Box-elder ( Negundo aceroides). a, a male flower; b, a leaflet, showing the nervation. dace a ), distinguished from the maples by its pinnate leaves. There are 3 or 4 species, of North America and Japan. They are diœcio us trees, bearing drooping racemes of key-fruits preceded by small long ped ice led pendulous flowers with minute greenish calyx and no petals, appearing before the leaves. Common names of the species are box - elder and ash - leafed maple. N. aceroides is well diffused in America east of the Rocky Mountains, and often planted for shade and ornament. N. Californicum is a similar tree of the western coast. 2. [l. c.] A tree of this genus.