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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vel•thei•mi•a (vel thē′mē ə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several bulbous plants of the genus Veltheimia, esp. V. viridifolia, native to southern Africa, having glossy, strap-shaped leaves and a long cluster of tubular pinkish flowers.
- Neo-Latin (1769), after August Ferdinand, Graf von Veltheim (1741–1801), German patron of botany; see -ia
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