| Noun | 1. |  genus Andira - small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae Andira inermis, cabbage bark, cabbage-bark tree, cabbage tree - tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic |