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gunnera (GUHN-er-uh, guh-NEER-uh) - n., any of several tropical, herbaceous plants (genus Gunnera) with gigantic leaves and small, red to purple drupes, sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Like, gigantic -- they look like the megaflora equivalent of rhubarb, with leaves up to 2m wide and long in some species:
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That one is Gunnera manicata or giant rhubarb -- nb: not actually a rhubarb. The plants (and genus) were named in the late 1780s after Norwegian botanist Johan Ernst Gunnerus.
---L.
Like, gigantic -- they look like the megaflora equivalent of rhubarb, with leaves up to 2m wide and long in some species:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
That one is Gunnera manicata or giant rhubarb -- nb: not actually a rhubarb. The plants (and genus) were named in the late 1780s after Norwegian botanist Johan Ernst Gunnerus.
---L.
