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Agalinis

noun
Ag·​a·​li·​nis | \ ˌa-gə-ˈlī-nəs\

Definition of Agalinis

: a genus of flaxlike American herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) with opposite sessile leaves and irregular tubular mostly purple flowers

First Known Use of Agalinis

1913, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Agalinis

borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aga-, intensifying prefix (going back to Indo-European *mǵh2- “large, great”) + New Latin -linis (derivative of Latin līnum “flax”)

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