SINCE 1828
puschkinia
noun
pusch·kin·ia
| \ pu̇shˈkinēə\
Definition of puschkinia
1
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: a small genus of Asiatic spring-blooming bulbous herbs (family Liliaceae) having solitary or racemose flowers with a 6-parted blue-veined white perianth and connate filaments
2
plural -s
: any plant of the genus Puschkinia
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