fittonia

fittonia
/fi toh"nee euh/, n.
either of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
[ < NL (1865), after Sarah Mary and Elizabeth Fitton, 19th-century Irish botanical writers; see -IA]

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