Webster's 1913 Dictionary
IXIA
Ix "i *a, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Bot. )
Defn: A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ixia
ix i a |ˈiksēə ˈɪksiə | ▶noun a South African plant of the iris family that bears showy six-petaled starlike flowers on tall wiry stems and has sword-shaped leaves. [Genus Ixia, family Iridaceae: and many cultivars. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, denoting a kind of thistle, from Greek.
Oxford Dictionary
ixia
ixia |ˈɪksɪə | ▶noun a South African plant of the iris family, which bears showy six-petalled starlike flowers on tall wiry stems and has sword-shaped leaves. ●Genus Ixia, family Iridaceae: many cultivars. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, denoting a kind of thistle, from Greek.
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