Flaveria

noun

Fla·​ve·​ria

-ˈvirēə

: a genus of chiefly tropical American herbs (family Compositae) with opposite leaves and small yellow flowers in clustered heads

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, perhaps irregular from Latin flavus yellow

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