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Strelitzia

stre·lit·zia

uncommon

noun

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small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae

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From the genus name, from Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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