gazania

[ guh-zey-nee-uh ]

noun

1. any of several composite plants of the genus Gazania, native to southern Africa, having showy flowers with variously colored rays.

gazania

/ ɡəˈzeɪnɪə /

noun

1. any plant of the S. African genus Gazania, grown for their rayed flowers in variegated colours; the flowers close in the afternoon: family Asteraceae Also calledtreasure flower

Word History and Origins

Origin of gazania¹

< New Latin (1791), after Theodorus Gaza (1398–1478), Greek scholar; -an, -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of gazania¹

named after Theodore of Gaza, 1398–1478, translator of the botanical treatises of Theophrastus