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Strelitzia
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Stre-litz′i-a
,Noun.
[NL., named after Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz
, and queen of George III of Great Britain.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.