aubrietia

Variant of aubrieta

aubrieta definition

au·brie·ta (ô brēt′ə)

noun

any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
also aubretia au·bre′·tia or aubrietia au·brie′·ti·a (-brē′s̸hə, -s̸hē ə)

Etymology: ModL, after Claude Aubriet, 18th-c. Fr painter of floral and animal subjects

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