| Noun | 1. | genus Jacquinia - sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Theophrastaceae, Theophrastaceae - family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae bracelet wood, Jacquinia armillaris - small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets barbasco, Jacquinia keyensis, joewood - West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood |