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watsonia (iou)



watsonia noun. E19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Sir William Watson (1715-87), Scot. naturalist + -IA1.]
Any of various chiefly South African bulbous plants constituting the genus Watsonia, of the iris family, which bear spikes of white, pink, or red flowers similar to gladioli and are sometimes grown for ornament.