Byblis

noun

Byb·​lis

ˈbiblə̇s

: a small genus of low Australian shrubs with a superficial resemblance to the sundews that in some classifications is isolated in a monotypic family but is more commonly included in Droseraceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin Byblis, a nymph, from Greek

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