ixora
noun
ix·o·ra
ˈiksərə
1
capitalized : a large genus of tropical shrubs or small trees (family Rubiaceae) that have leathery evergreen leaves and terminal corymbs of showy salver-shaped flowers and are often cultivated as ornamentals in the warm greenhouse
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Ixora
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, irregular from Ishvara, Hindu divinity, from Sanskrit īśvara ruler, lord
- archiannelidae
- archiannelidas
- archiannelides
- archiannelids
- archibenthal
- archibenthic
- archibenthos
- archiblast
- archiblastic
- archiblastula
- archicarps
- archicephalic
- archicephalon
- archicerebellum
- archicerebrum
- Archichlamydeae
- archichlamydeous
- archicleistogamous
- archicleistogamy
- archicoel
- archicoele
- archicontinent
- archidiaconal
- archidiaconate
- archidiaconates