incarvillea

British

/ ˌɪnkɑːˈvɪlɪə /

noun

any plant of the genus Incarvillea, native to China, of which some species are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their large usually carmine-coloured trumpet-shaped flowers, esp I. delavayi: family Bignoniaceae

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Etymology

Origin of incarvillea

named after Pierre d'Incarville (1706–57), French missionary

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