English Explanatory Dictionary

agapanthus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.

Word forms

agapanthus agapanthuses agapanthi

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γᾰπᾰ́ω (ăgăpắō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γᾰ́πη (ăgắpē) Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθος (ắnthos) New Latinder. taxonomic name Agapanthusbor. English agapanthus Borrowed from taxonomic name Agapanthus, from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē, “love, affection”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

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