Agalinis

noun

Ag·​a·​li·​nis

ˌa-gə-ˈlī-nəs

: a genus of flaxlike American herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) with opposite sessile leaves and irregular tubular mostly purple flowers

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aga-, intensifying prefix (going back to Indo-European *mǵh₂- "large, great") + New Latin -linis (derivative of Latin līnum "flax")

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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