Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A proposed name for such plants as come into cultivation before they are sufficiently well known to be referred to their true genera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
provisional name for aplant which has not had itsflowers botanically examined , and therefore has not been referred to its propergenus .
Etymologies
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Greek not manifest + a star.
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