lapeyrousia
noun
lap·ey·rou·sia
ˌlapəˈrüz(h)ēə
1
capitalized : a genus of southern African bulbous herbs (family Iridaceae) having blue or red flowers with a slender perianth tube and stamens inserted on the throat
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Lapeyrousia
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, irregular from Jean François de Galaup de La Pérouse †1788 French sailor and explorer + New Latin -ia
- black box
- black brant
- black bread
- black bream
- black bryony
- black buffalo
- black bullhead
- black bunch grass
- black cabbage
- black cabbage tree
- black caiman
- black cake
- black calabash
- black calla
- black cancer
- black canker
- Black Canyon
- black caraway
- black carbon
- Black Carib
- black carp
- black carpet beetle
- black cat
- black catechu
- black cattle