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montbretia

/ mɒnˈbriːʃə /

noun

  1. a widely cultivated plant of the African iridaceous genus Crocosmia , a cross between C. aurea and C. pottsii , with ornamental orange or yellow flowers, grown mostly as pot plants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of montbretia1

C19: New Latin, named after A. F. E. Coquebert de Montbret (1780–1801), French botanist
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Example Sentences

Few bulbs come into the summer flower gardens, but amongst those which should always be well represented are the Gladiolus, the Lilium, the Tigridia and the Montbretia.

T. Pottsi, also better known perhaps as a Montbretia, grows 3 to 4 feet high, having narrow tapering sword-like leaves, and bright yellow funnel-shaped flowers suffused with red.

Fritillarias:   Montbretia crocosmi�flora 102   F. Moggridgei 31 28.

It had little broken lawns set with hydrangeas and beds and borders of blood-red begonias and montbretia and geraniums and marguerites, the whole tilted up as if it would have spilled over the rough cliff-top to the rocks below.

Many species formerly included in the genus Gladiolus are now correctly assigned to Acidanthera, Antholyza, Babiana, Freesia, Montbretia, Tritona and Watsonia.

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