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moraea

American  
[muh-ree-uh] / məˈri ə /

noun

  1. any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.

Etymology

Origin of moraea

< New Latin (1758), irregular after Robert More (1703–80), English plant collector; -ea

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Moraea Iridioides.—These plants flower in May, and require the same treatment as Ixias.

From Project Gutenberg

In accordance with the biogenetic law, the morula recalls the ancestral form of the Moraea, or simple colony of Protozoa.

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