strə̇ˈlitsēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Charlotte Sophia died 1818 Princess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz and wife of George III of England + New Latin -ia
: a small genus of usually large African herbs (family Musaceae) resembling the banana, rarely having a woody base, and having rigid glaucous distichous leaves and richly colored flowers with three sepals and three very irregular petals — compare bird-of-paradise