tibouchina

tibouchina
\\ˌtibəˈkīnə, -kēnə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from tibouch (from native name in Guiana) + -ina
1. capitalized : a large genus of So. American shrubs or rarely herbs (family Melastomaceae) having entire 5- to 7-nerved leaves and trichotomous panicles of large purple flowers with a hairy calyx, 10 stamens, and a 5-celled ovary — see glory-bush, spiderflower 2
2. -s : any plant of the genus Tibouchina

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tibouchina /ti-bə-kīˈnə, -kēˈ/
noun
A plant of the Tibouchina genus of shrubs and herbs (family Melastomaceae) with purple flowers
ORIGIN: From a native name in Guiana

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