noun
genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
• Syn: ↑genus Felicia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑blue daisy, ↑blue marguerite, ↑Felicia amelloides, ↑kingfisher daisy, ↑Felicia bergeriana
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\\fə̇ˈlish(ē)ə, -lēshə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a large genus of So. African herbs or subshrubs (family Compositae) with solitary flower heads and bright blue rays — see blue daisy
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/feuh lish"euh, -lish"ee euh, -lee"sheuh, -lis"ee euh/, n.
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning "happy."
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felicia /fə-lishˈi-ə/
noun
Any member of a S African genus of herbs and subshrubs of the daisy family, with blue or lilac flowers
ORIGIN: L fēlix, -icis happy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.