Definition of strelitzia Strelitzia
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What does strelitzia mean?
WordNet
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| strelitzia - small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae | ||
| genus Strelitzia | ||
| liliopsid genus, monocot genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed | ||
| family strelitziaceae, strelitzia family, strelitziaceae woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae | ||
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Wiktionary 
- strelitzia (Noun)
Any of several flowering plant s of the genus.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- strelitzia (n.)
A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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strelitzia
strel-it′si-a, n. a genus of South African plants of the banana family, with large showy flowers—Strelitzia Reginæ, also Queen-plant, Bird-of-Paradise flower—with fine orange and purple flowers. [From Queen Charlotte, wife of George III., of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.]
