rhexia

See also: Rhexia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

rhexia (plural rhexias)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Rhexia of plants in the family Melastomataceae.

References

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

rhexia f (genitive rhexiae); first declension

  1. a kind of bugloss
    Synonym: onochilis

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rhexia rhexiae
Genitive rhexiae rhexiārum
Dative rhexiae rhexiīs
Accusative rhexiam rhexiās
Ablative rhexiā rhexiīs
Vocative rhexia rhexiae

References
  • “rhexia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rhexia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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