freesia

free·sia

F0311100 (frē′zhə, -zhē-ə, -zē-ə)n. Any of several plants of the genus Freesia, native to southern Africa, having clusters of fragrant, variously colored flowers borne on one side of the stem.

[New Latin, after Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795-1876), German physician.]

freesia

(ˈfriːzɪə; ˈfriːʒə) n (Plants) any iridaceous plant of the genus Freesia, of southern Africa, cultivated for their white, yellow, or pink tubular fragrant flowers[C19: New Latin, named after F. H. T. Freese (died 1876), German physician]

free•si•a

(ˈfri ʒi ə, -zi ə, -ʒə)

n., pl. -si•as. any South African plant of the genus Freesia, of the iris family, having tubular flowers. [1880–85; < New Latin, after E. M. Fries (1794–1878), Swedish botanist]

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Noun

freesia - any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowersiridaceous plant - any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceaegenus Freesia - cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa

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see irisiris,
common name for members of the genus Iris of the Iridaceae, a family of perennial herbs that includes the crocuses, freesias, and gladioli. The family is characterized by thickened stem organs (bulbs, corms, and rhizomes) and by linear or sword-shaped
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Freesia

a genus of plants of the family Iridaceae. The perennial cormose herbs are characterized by a cluster of narrow radical leaves and a small spicate inflorescence bent at a right angle to the stem. The narrow funnelform flowers have a six-parted periath, a filamentous style, twice dissected stigmata, and three stamens. The ovary is inferior, three-valved, and many-seeded. There are 15 to 20 species, native to southern Africa. Ornamental hybrids obtained from crossing F. armstrongii and F. refracta are cultivated in sheltered ground; the hybrids are noted for their fragrant flowers. Hybrids are grown from corms or seeds; seedlings flower in the year they are planted.

freesia

any iridaceous plant of the genus Freesia, of southern Africa, cultivated for their white, yellow, or pink tubular fragrant flowers

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noun any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers

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