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Collinsia
noun
genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States
• Syn: ↑genus Collinsia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scrophulariaceae, ↑family Scrophulariaceae, ↑figwort family, ↑foxglove family
• Member Meronyms:
↑purple chinese houses, ↑innocense, ↑Collinsia bicolor, ↑Collinsia heterophylla, ↑maiden blue-eyed Mary, ↑Collinsia parviflora, ↑blue-eyed Mary, ↑Collinsia verna

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\\kəˈlinzēə, -sēə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Zaccheus Collins died 1831 American botanist + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of United States biennial or annual herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) with irregular whorled flowers
2. -s : any plant of the genus Collinsia

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/keuh lin"see euh, -zee euh/, n.
any plant belonging to the genus Collinsia, of the figwort family, having whorled leaves and usually clusters of variously colored flowers.
[1817; after Zaccheus Collins (1764-1831), U.S. botanist; see -IA]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.