STREPTOCARPUS


Meaning of STREPTOCARPUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌstrep-tə-ˈkär-pəs ]

noun

( plural -carpus·es also -carpus )

Etymology: New Latin, from strepto- + -carpus -carpous

Date: 1828

: any of a genus ( Streptocarpus ) of usually stemless African gesneriads that have showy brightly colored flowers with funnel-shaped corollas

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.