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houstonia definition

☆ hous·to·nia (ho̵̅o̅s tō′nē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Houstonia) of small North American plants of the madder family, with blue, white, or purple flowers, as the bluet

Etymology: ModL, after Wm. Houston (1695-1733), Eng botanist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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