shȯiktˈsirēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Johann Jakob Scheuchzer died 1733 and his brother Johann Scheuchzer died 1738 Swiss botanists + New Latin -ia
: a monotypic genus (the type of the family Scheuchzeriaceae) of bog herbs that are found throughout the north temperate zone and that have leafy stems with white or greenish racemose flowers, several carpels, and fruits resembling follicles