Petrea

noun

Pe·​trea

ˈpē‧trēə

: a genus of tropical American woody vines (family Verbenaceae) having large blue or purple flowers in long racemes with the colored sepals enlarging in fruiting see purple wreath

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Robert James, Baron Petre †1743 English patron of botany

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