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| hous·to·ni·a [ hyoo stṓnee ə, yoo stṓnee ə ] (plural hous·to·ni·as) |
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N American flowering plant: a small flowering plant of the mallow family, e.g. the bluets. Native to: North America. Genus Houstonia.
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| [Early 19th century. < modern Latin, after William Houston (d. 1733), Scottish botanist] |
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