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houstonia

hous·to·ni·a [ hyoo stṓnee ə, yoo stṓnee ə ] (plural hous·to·ni·as)


noun 
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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.

[Early 19th century. < modern Latin, after William Houston (d. 1733), Scottish botanist]
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