fittonia

[ fi-toh-nee-uh ]

/ fɪˈtoʊ ni ə /

noun

either of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.

Nearby words

fitten, fitter, fitting, fitting room, fittipaldi, fittonia, fitzgerald, fitzgerald contraction, fitzgerald, ella, fitzgerald, f. scott, fitzgerald-lorentz contraction

Origin of fittonia

< New Latin (1865), after Sarah Mary and Elizabeth Fitton, 19th-century Irish botanical writers; see -ia