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brunfelsia

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brun⋅fel⋅si⋅a

[broon-fel-zee-uh]
–noun
any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.

Origin:
< NL (Linnaeus), named in honor of Otto Brunfels (ca. 1488–1534), German humanist scholar and pioneer botanist; see -ia
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brunfelsia

noun
genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits 
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