Bassia
1 of 2noun
Bas·sia
ˈba-sē-ə
: a small genus of European herbs (family Chenopodiaceae) that have corolla lobes without appendages, sepal usually in two pairs, and seeds without endosperm and that are naturalized locally in eastern North America
Bassia
2 of 2 Bas·sia
ˈba-sē-ə
taxonomic synonym of madhuca
Word History
Etymology
Noun
New Latin, from Ferdinando Bassi †1774 Italian naturalist + New Latin -ia
New Latin, from French Bassi + New Latin -ia
- knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal
- knocking about
- knocking back
- knocking dead
- knocking down
- knocking for a loop
- knocking in
- knocking off
- knocking off her pedestal
- maeandrae
- maeandras
- maeandrine
- maeandriniform
- maeandrinoid
- maeandroid
- Maecenas
- maecenases
- Maecenases
- Maecenasship
- Maecenatism
- maegbot
- maegbote
- mael
- maelids
- maelstrom