Ophiopogon

noun

Ophio·​po·​gon

: a genus of stoloniferous scapose grass-leaved herbs (family Liliaceae) having racemes or spikes of white, blue, violet, or lilac flowers with the ovary inferior see lilyturf

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ophi- + -pogon

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