kerria
[ ker-ee-uh ]
noun
a yellow-flowered shrub, Kerria japonica, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
Origin of kerria
1First recorded in 1815–25; from New Latin, named in honor of William Kerr (died 1814), English gardener, who collected plants in South and East Asia ; see -ia
- Compare jetbead.
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