wandflower

noun

1. tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall

• Syn: ↑galax, ↑galaxy, ↑beetleweed, ↑coltsfoot, ↑Galax urceolata

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Galax

2. a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers

• Syn: ↑Sparaxis tricolor

• Hypernyms: ↑flower

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sparaxis, ↑genus Sparaxis

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Etymology: wand + flower

1. : a plant or flower of the genus Sparaxis; especially : a showy often cultivated plant (S. tricolor) with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers

2. : galax 2