Meaning of "collinsia" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COLLINSIA

New Latin, named after Zaccheus Collins (1764–1831), American botanist.

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLLINSIA

kəˈlɪnsɪə

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLLINSIA

Collinsia is a noun.

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WHAT DOES COLLINSIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Collinsia

Collinsia is a genus of about 20 species of annual flowering plants, consisting of the Blue-eyed Marys and the Chinese Houses. It was traditionally placed in the snapdragon family Scrophulariaceae, but following recent research in molecular genetics, it has now been placed in a much enlarged family Plantaginaceae. The genus is endemic to North America, and is named in honour of Zacchaeus Collins, a Philadelphia botanist of the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century. Of the 20 species, many of them found in California. Two species, Collinsia parviflora and Collinsia violacea, the Smallflower Blue-eyed Mary and the Violet Blue-eyed Mary, had medicinal uses among American Indian peoples. Species include: ▪ Collinsia antonina ▪ Collinsia bartsiifolia ▪ Collinsia callosa ▪ Collinsia childii ▪ Collinsia concolor ▪ Collinsia corymbosa ▪ Collinsia grandiflora ▪ Collinsia...

Definition of collinsia in the English dictionary

The definition of collinsia in the dictionary is a North American plant of the scrophulariaceous genus Collinsia, having blue, white, or purple flowers.