houstonia

noun

hous·​to·​nia

(h)yüˈstōnēə,

hüˈ-,

hau̇ˈ-

1

capitalized : a genus of North American herbs (family Rubiaceae) with entire leaves and small blue, lilac, or white tubular lobed flowers see bluet

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Houstonia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from William Houston †1733 Scottish botanist + New Latin -ia

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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