Agalinis
noun
Ag·a·li·nis
ˌa-gə-ˈlī-nəs
: a genus of flaxlike American herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) with opposite sessile leaves and irregular tubular mostly purple flowers
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aga-, intensifying prefix (going back to Indo-European *mǵh2- "large, great") + New Latin -linis (derivative of Latin līnum "flax")
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above