Orthocarpus

noun

Or·​tho·​carpus

¦ȯ(r)thə+

: a genus of chiefly Californian herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) having alternate leaves and showy varicolored flowers and having the 4-cleft calyx and bilabiate corolla both tubular see owl's clover

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from orth- + -carpus

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