Definition of Malesherbia
:a genus of South American herbs or undershrubs (family Malesherbiaceae) that have capsular fruit and large yellow racemose flowers with a tubular calyx exceeding the corolla
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Malesherbia
noun
Males·her·bia
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ˌmaləˈzərbēə
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ˌmaləsˈhər-
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malˈzər-
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Origin and Etymology of malesherbia
New Latin, from Chrétien G. de Lamoignon de Malesherbes †1794 French statesman + New Latin -ia
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