Strelitzia
noun
Stre·litz·ia
strə̇ˈlitsēə
: a small genus of usually large African herbs (family Musaceae) resembling the banana, rarely having a woody base, and having rigid glaucous distichous leaves and richly colored flowers with three sepals and three very irregular petals compare bird-of-paradise
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Charlotte Sophia †1818 Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and wife of George III of England + New Latin -ia
- praetorial
- praetorian
- praetorian cohort
- Praetorian Guard
- praetorian law
- praetorianism
- praetorians
- praetorium
- praetoriums
- praetors
- praetorship
- praetorships
- pragmatic
- pragmatic anthropology
- pragmatic maxim
- pragmatic sanction
- pragmatica
- observances
- observancies
- observancy
- observanda
- observandum
- observant
- observantly
- observants