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kerria
(ker′ē ə)
noun
any of a genus (Kerria) of Chinese plants of the rose family, esp. an ornamental species (K. japonica) with slender, green twigs and bright yellow, often double flowers
Origin: ModL, after Wm. Kerr, Brit botanist (died 1814)
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