Galax

See also: galax

Translingual

Galax urceolata

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάλαξ (gálax, “a shellfish, probably rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum, syn. Mactra lactea)”).

Proper noun

Galax f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Diapensiaceae – beetleweed, wandplant, wandflower, native to forests of the eastern United States from Massachusetts to northern Alabama, especially the Appalachian Mountains.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Diapensiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Galax urceolata - sole species

References

• Galax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Galax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Galax at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Galax at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Galax at USDA Plants database
• Galax at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Galax at Tropicos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Galax, as in Galax urceolata, an evergreen groundcover plant found throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Proper noun

Galax

1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.