streptocarpus

noun

strep·to·car·pus | \ ˌstrep-tə-ˈkär-pəs

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plural streptocarpuses also streptocarpus

Definition of streptocarpus

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

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