i noun
any succulent plant of the genus Faucaria, comprising several species native to southern Africa and having solitary yellow or white flowers.
Origin:
< Neo-Latin (1926), perhaps equivalent to Latin fauc(ēs) throat, narrow passage + -āria -aria
< Neo-Latin (1926), perhaps equivalent to Latin fauc(ēs) throat, narrow passage + -āria -aria
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