| piscidia | (n) genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons, Syn. genus Piscidia |
| jamaica dogwood | (n) small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons, Syn. Piscidia erythrina, Piscidia piscipula, fish fuddle |