Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Siphonia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Siphonium \Si*pho"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Siphonia}. [NL., from Gr.
????, dim. of ????. See {Siphon}.] (Anat.)
A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with
the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Siphonia \Si*pho"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus ({Hevea}) of South
American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.
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