Galax
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 An independent city in Virginia, United States.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Galax, as in Galax urceolata, an evergreen groundcover plant found throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains.