STOKESIA

Stokesia, genus Stokesia

(noun) one species: stokes’ aster

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

stokesia (plural stokesias)

(botany) Any of the plants in the genus Stokesia.

Anagrams

• soakiest

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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