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perovskia (iou)



perovskia noun. E20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from V. A. Perovski (1794-1857), governor of the Russian province of Orenburg + -IA1.]
Any of various shrubby labiate plants of the genus Perovskia, of west and central Asia; esp. P. atriplicifolia, grown for its long panicles of deep-blue flowers.