Perularia

noun

Per·​u·​lar·​ia

ˌper(y)əˈla(a)rēə

: a genus of leafy-stemmed greenish flowered terrestrial orchids with fibrous roots and a bracted spicate inflorescence

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from perula scale of a leaf bud (from Latin, small wallet, diminutive of pera wallet, from Greek pēra) + New Latin -aria

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