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strelitzia |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strelitzia \Stre*litz"i*a\, n. [NL., named after Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of Great Britain.] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Strelitzia n : small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae [syn: {Strelitzia}, {genus Strelitzia}]
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