SALPIGLOSSIS


Meaning of SALPIGLOSSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsal-pə-ˈglä-səs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek salpinx trumpet + glōssa tongue — more at gloss

Date: 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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