English Explanatory Dictionary

gerardia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants.

Word forms

gerardia gerardias

Etymology

Etymology tree Frankish *Gaiʀahardbor. Old French Gerartder. Middle English Gerard English Gerard Latin -ia Translingual Gerardialbor. English gerardia From Gerardia, historical synonym of Agalinis. The obsolete genus derives from English Gerard, being named after English herbalist John Gerard (1545–1612).

Synonyms

false foxglove agalinis
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