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Webster 1913 Edition


Strelitzia


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.

Definition 2024


strelitzia

strelitzia

See also: Strelitzia

English

Wikispecies

Noun

strelitzia (plural strelitzias)

  1. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Strelitzia.

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