Stre·litz·ia
| \ strə̇ˈlitsēə \
Definition of Strelitzia
: a small genus of usually large African herbs (family Musaceae) resembling the banana, rarely having a woody base, and having rigid glaucous distichous leaves and richly colored flowers with three sepals and three very irregular petals — compare bird-of-paradise
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