| thespesia | (n) a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree, Syn. genus Thespesia |
| portia tree | (n) pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds, Syn. bendy tree, Thespesia populnea, seaside mahoe |