Agalinis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder. Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂- Proto-Hellenic *əga- Ancient Greek ἀγα- (aga-) Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin linis taxonomic name Agalinislbor. English agalinis Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Agalinis.

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