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eremuri

Variant of eremurus

noun pl. eremuri

any of a genus (Eremurus) of perennial plants of the lily family, cultivated for their tall spikes of small, white or colored flowers

Origin: ModL < Gr erēmos, desolate (see hermit) + ModL -urus < Gr oura, tail: see uro-

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