Calimeris

noun

Ca·​lim·​er·​is

kəˈlimərə̇s

: a small genus of Asian herbs (family Compositae) resembling the genus Aster but differing in having the bracts of the involucre scarious-margined

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cali- + Greek meris part; akin to Latin merēre to deserve

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