freesia

(frē′z̸hə, -z̸hē ə; frē′sē ə, -zē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Freesia) of South African bulbous plants of the iris family, with fragrant, usually white or yellow, funnel-shaped flowers

Origin: ModL, after F. H. T. Freese, 19th-c. Ger physician

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noun

Any of several plants of the genus Freesia, native to southern Africa, having one-sided clusters of fragrant, variously colored flowers.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: , after Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795-1876), German physician

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