rhexia

See also: Rhexia

English

Maryland meadowbeauty (Rhexia mariana), a rhexia

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

rhexia (plural rhexias)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Rhexia of plants in the family Melastomataceae.

References

• Rhexia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhexia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

rhexia f (genitive rhexiae); first declension

1. a kind of bugloss

   Synonym: onochilis

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rhexia	rhexiae
Genitive	rhexiae	rhexiārum
Dative	rhexiae	rhexiīs
Accusative	rhexiam	rhexiās
Ablative	rhexiā	rhexiīs
Vocative	rhexia	rhexiae

References

• “rhexia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rhexia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.