acidanthera

acidanthera
/as'i dan"theuhr euh/, n.
any bulbous African plant belonging to the genus Acidanthera, of the iris family, having sword-shaped leaves and long tubular flowers.
[ < NL (1844) < Gk akid- (s. of akís) needle (c. L acus; see ACICULA) + NL -anthera; see ANTHER, -A2]

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