Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various North American plants of the genus Collinsia, which includes blue-eyed Mary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of annual plants, of the natural order Scrophulariaceæ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Collinsia, genus name, after Zaccheus Collins, (1764–1831), American botanist.]
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Examples
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Amazing how nature works…I wrote to the Native Gardens owner and she said…No seeds of collinsia this year…I will see if I can save them. gail
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