linaria

noun

li·​nar·​ia

līˈna(a)rēə,

-ner-

1

capitalized : a genus of herbs and undershrubs (family Scrophulariaceae) having a personate spurred corolla see toadflax

2

plural -s : any plant or flower of the genus Linaria

Word History

Etymology

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

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