streptocarpus

noun

strep·​to·​car·​pus ˌstrep-tə-ˈkär-pəs 

plural streptocarpuses also streptocarpus

: any of a genus (Streptocarpus) of usually stemless African gesneriads that have showy brightly colored flowers with funnel-shaped corollas

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from strepto- + -carpus -carpous

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for streptocarpus

• podocarpus
• carpus