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shortia

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shor·ti·a   (shôr'tē-ə)   
n.  Any of various eastern North American and Asian evergreen stemless herbs of the genus Shortia, having glossy basal leaves and white, pink, or blue nodding flowers on long stalks.

[New Latin Shortia, genus name, after Charles Wilkins Short (1794-1863), American physician and botanist.]
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shortia

noun
any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers 
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