androsace

American  

[an-dros-uh-kee, -uh-see] / ænˈdrɒs əˌki, -əˌsi /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of androsace

< New Latin < Greek andrósakes a marine plant (perhaps equivalent to andrós (genitive of anḗr man) + -akes, derivative of ákos cure); probably misconstrued by Linnaeus as a compound with Greek sákos shield

Example Sentences

There was also a beautiful little white saxifrage with yellow and brown spots inside the flower, a delightful pink androsace, and dwarf delphiniums with their single deep-blue flowers.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth