New American Oxford Dictionary
sparaxis
sparaxis |spəˈraksɪs | ▶noun a South African plant of the iris family, with slender sword-shaped leaves and showy multicoloured flowers. ●Genus Sparaxis, family Iridaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek, literally ‘laceration ’, from sparassein ‘to tear ’.
Oxford Dictionary
sparaxis
sparaxis |spəˈraksɪs | ▶noun a South African plant of the iris family, with slender sword-shaped leaves and showy multicoloured flowers. ●Genus Sparaxis, family Iridaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek, literally ‘laceration ’, from sparassein ‘to tear ’.
The Wordsmith Dictionary