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prettygoodwordixia (IK-see-uh) - n., any of several South African plants (genus Ixia) with sword-shaped leaves and star-shaped flowers.
All in the lily family. The name comes from either Greek ixos, mistletoe/birdlime (huh?), or the Greek name for a similar but unrelated flower, the pine thistle. This is an Ixia polystachya:
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All in the lily family. The name comes from either Greek ixos, mistletoe/birdlime (huh?), or the Greek name for a similar but unrelated flower, the pine thistle. This is an Ixia polystachya:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
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Date: 2019-11-14 05:13 pm (UTC)The "mistletoe/birdlime" confusion is he sort of mixup that happens when someone points at a tree and asks the word for what's on the branch over there!
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Date: 2019-11-15 02:45 pm (UTC)