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gazania

American  
[guh-zey-nee-uh] / gəˈzeɪ ni ə /

noun

  1. any of several composite plants of the genus Gazania, native to southern Africa, having showy flowers with variously colored rays.

gazania British  
/ ɡəˈzeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. Also called: treasure flower.  any plant of the S. African genus Gazania, grown for their rayed flowers in variegated colours; the flowers close in the afternoon: family Asteraceae

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Etymology

Origin of gazania

< New Latin (1791), after Theodorus Gaza (1398–1478), Greek scholar; -an, -ia

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