CLIVIA


Meaning of CLIVIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈklī-vē-ə, ˈkli- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Lady Charlotte Clive died 1866 duchess of Northumberland

Date: 1828

: any of a genus ( Clivia ) of perennial evergreen South African herbs of the amaryllis family with fleshy roots and umbels of large funnel-shaped flowers

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