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[syn: Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strelitzia \Stre*litz"i*a\, n. [NL., named after Charlotte,
Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of
Great Britain.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of
Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and
peculiar richly colored flowers.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Strelitzia
n 1: small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having
leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed
in family Musaceae [syn: Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia]