2019-01-25

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2019-01-25 07:53 am

ixia

ixia (IK-see-uh) - n., any of several southern African bulbous plants (genus Ixia) of the iris family having sword-shaped leaves and showy spikes of star-shaped flowers.


Some are also called corn lily. The name comes from the ancient Greek name for either the pine thistle or mistletoe, both of which are a completely unrelated plants -- go fig.

Ixias standing colorfully
Thanks, WikiMedia!

And that wraps up a second week of words learned from Words With Friends -- back to the regular mix next week, before continuing with more oddballs.

---L.