meadow beauty

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: any of a genus (Rhexia of the family Melastomaceae, the meadow-beauty family) of perennial North American herbs with showy solitary or cymose flowers

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1818, in the meaning defined above

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“Meadow beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meadow%20beauty. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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