ˈkyüfēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek kyphos hump; from the protuberance on the calyx tube; akin to Old English hūfe hood, Greek kyptein to bend forward, stoop, Sanskrit kakubha high, eminent, Old English hēah high — more at high
: a large genus of American plants (family Lythraceae) with opposite leaves and solitary slightly irregular flowers — see cigar flower , waxweed