Andryala

noun

An·​dry·​a·​la

anˈdrīələ

: a genus of hardy perennial composite herbs with milky sap and alternate leaves that are native to the Mediterranean region and occasionally cultivated for their heads of bright yellow ligulate flowers

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin (Linnaeus), borrowed from Greek andrýala, variant (in early printed editions of Theophrastus' Historia plantarum) of chóndrilla "gum succory"

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined above

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