Euphrasia

noun

Eu·​phra·​sia

yüˈfrāzh(ē)ə

: a large genus of hemiparasitic herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) widely distributed outside the tropics and having flowers with the upper lip of the corolla 2-cleft and its margin recurved

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin eufrasia euphrasy

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