aizoon

\\ˌāˌīˈzōˌän\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek aei always + New Latin -zoon

: a small genus (the type of the family Aizoaceae) of low-growing evergreen spreading plants found in Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean region having fleshy entire leaves and containing some species that are cultivated for their yellow flowers or silvery foliage

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Aizoon /ā-ī-zōˈon/

noun

An African genus of plants giving name to the family Aizoāˈceae, related to the goosefoots

ORIGIN: Appar Gr āei ever, and zōos living