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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fit•to•ni•a (fi tō′nē ə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyeither of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- Neo-Latin (1865), after Sarah Mary and Elizabeth Fitton, 19th-century Irish botanical writers; see -ia
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