HOUSTONIA


Meaning of HOUSTONIA in English

/hooh stoh"nee euh/ , n.

any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, esp. H. caerulea, the common bluet.

[ 1755-65; Houston (d. 1733), British botanist; see -IA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .