Limnanthes

noun

Lim·​nan·​thes

limˈnanˌthēz,

-an(t)thēz

: a genus (the type of the family Limnantheceae) of western North American annual herbs having trimerous flowers and entire petals that are shorter than the sepals see meadow-foam

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from limn- + -anthes

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