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ixia (ik′sē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Ixia) of South African plants of the iris family, with grasslike leaves and funnel-shaped flowers

Etymology: ModL < Gr ixos, birdlime: from the viscid nature of some of the species

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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