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freesia

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free⋅si⋅a

[free-zhee-uh, -zee-uh, -zhuh]
–noun
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.

Origin:
1880–85; < NL; named after E. M. Fries (1794–1878), Swedish botanist; see -ia
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free·sia   (frē'zhə, -zhē-ə, -zē-ə)   
n.  Any of several plants of the genus Freesia, native to southern Africa, having one-sided clusters of fragrant, variously colored flowers.

[New Latin, after Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795-1876), German physician.]
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