SALPIGLOSSIS


Meaning of SALPIGLOSSIS in English

[sal.pi.glos.sis] n [NL, irreg. fr. Gk salpinx trumpet + glossa tongue--more at gloss] (1827): any of a small genus (Salpiglossis) of Chilean herbs of the nightshade family with large funnel-shaped varicolored flowers often strikingly marked

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