ixora

The definition of ixora is a class of tropical flowering plants and shrubs with clusters of very small, brightly colored four-petal flowers.

(noun)

An example of Ixora is a bush with bright red flowers native to southeast Asia.

See ixora in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of a genus (Ixora) of tropical evergreen plants of the madder family, with showy flowers, often grown in greenhouses

Origin: ModL, after Iśvara, Hindu deity

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