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Alonsoa

noun
Alon·​soa | \ əˈlänzəwə, -n(t)sə-\

Definition of Alonsoa

: a genus of often shrubby tropical American plants (family Scrophulariaceae) with showy red flowers in terminal racemes

First Known Use of Alonsoa

1812, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Alonsoa

New Latin, from Zanoni Alonso, flourished 1798 Spanish official at Bogotá, Colombia

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