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collinsia

American

[kuh-lin-see-uh, -zee-uh] / kəˈlɪn si ə, -zi ə /

noun

any plant belonging to the genus Collinsia, of the figwort family, having whorled leaves and usually clusters of variously colored flowers.

collinsia British

/ -zɪə, kəˈlɪnsɪə /

noun

a North American plant of the scrophulariaceous genus Collinsia, having blue, white, or purple flowers

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Etymology

Origin of collinsia

1817; after Zaccheus Collins (1764–1831), U.S. botanist; see -ia

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Mignonette, Virginia stock, collinsia, should be sown in spring in little patches or lines.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

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