freesia
/ˈfriːzɪə
/noun
A small southern African plant with fragrant, colourful, tubular flowers, many varieties of which are cultivated for the cut-flower trade.
- Genus Freesia, family Iridaceae.
- Other local favorites for fall planting include freesias, Anemone coronaria, and rununculus.
- She handed me my bouquet of calla lilies, freesias, and irises.
Origin
Modern Latin, named after Friedrich H. T. Freese (died 1876), German physician.
Rhymes
- driverless
- driver's license
- driver's test
- driveshaft
- drive someone to drink
- drive someone up the wall
- drive something home
- drive system
- drive-through
- drive time
- drivetrain
- driveway
- driving
- driving licence
- driving range
- driving school
- driving test
- driving wheel
- drizzle
- drizzly
- DRM
- Dr Martens
- Drogheda
- drogue
- drogue parachute