gerberia

Variant of gerbera

noun

an African plant (Gerbera jamesonii) of the composite family, with basal rosettes of leaves and single flower heads with numerous long, narrow ray flowers in white, pink, orange, salmon, or violet

Origin: ModL: so named after T. Gerber, 18th-c. Ger. physician and naturalist

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