Calimeris
noun
Ca·lim·er·is
\kəˈlimərə̇s\
Definition of Calimeris
: a small genus of Asian herbs (family Compositae) resembling the genus Aster but differing in having the bracts of the involucre scarious-margined
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Origin and Etymology of calimeris
New Latin, from cali- + Greek meris part; akin to Latin merēre to deserve — more at merit
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