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Webster 1913 Edition


Ixia

Ix′i-a

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] birdlime. So called because of the viscid nature of some of the species.]
(Bot.)
A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.

Definition 2024


ixia

ixia

See also: Ixia

English

an ixia
Ixia polystachya

Wikispecies

Noun

ixia (plural ixias)

  1. Any of the genus Ixia of cormous plants native to South Africa.