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stewartia

\\st(y)üˈärsh(ē)ə, -rd.ēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from John Stuart died 1792 3d Earl of Bute + New Latin -ia

: a genus of American and Japanese shrubs or trees (family Theaceae) having large solitary flowers with a 5-celled ovary which becomes a woody capsule — see silky camellia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.