freesia, noun
- Forms:
- Also freezia, friezia, and with initial capital.
- Origin:
- Modern LatinShow more Modern Latin, named for F.H.T. Freese.
Any of several sweetly-scented species of flowering plants of the genus Freesia of the Iridaceae, especially F. alba and F. refracta.
- Note:
- Hybrids of the genus are now cultivated worldwide in a great variety of colours.
1882 Garden (U.K.) 4 Feb. 73Freesias.
1994 M. Wasserfall in S. Afr. Garden & Home Sept. 4How wonderful are the Namaqua daisies, the freesias, sparaxis, bobbejaantjies, felicias and all the other colourful flowers that greet us at this time.
Any of several sweetly-scented species of flowering plants of the genus Freesia of the Iridaceae, especially F. alba and F. refracta.
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