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stokesia definition

☆ sto·ke·sia (stō kē′z̸hē ə, -sē ə)

noun

a perennial plant (Stokesia laevis) of the composite family, native to the SE U.S.: cultivated for its large, blue or purple flowers

Etymology: after Jonathan Stokes (1755-1831), 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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