Linanthus

noun

Li·​nan·​thus

līˈnan(t)thəs

: a genus of delicate herbs (family Polemoniaceae) of the western U.S. having opposite usually palmately divided leaves

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lin- (from Latin linum) + -anthus

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