Alonsoa
noun
Alon·soa
əˈlänzəwə,
-n(t)sə-
: a genus of often shrubby tropical American plants (family Scrophulariaceae) with showy red flowers in terminal racemes
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Zanoni Alonso, flourished 1798 Spanish official at Bogotá, Colombia
First Known Use
1812, in the meaning defined above