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houstonia
(ho̵̅o̅s tō′nē ə)
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noun
any of a genus (Houstonia) of small North American plants of the madder family, with blue, white, or purple flowers, as the bluet
Origin: ModL, after Wm. Houston (1695-1733), Eng botanist
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