angelón

noun

an·​ge·​lón

¦anjə¦lōn

plural -s

: a plant of the genus Angelonia

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Spanish, large angel, augmentative of ángel angel, from Late Latin angelus

First Known Use

circa 1893, in the meaning defined above

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