MORAEA Definition & Meaning

moraea

[ muh-ree-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.

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Origin of moraea¹

< New Latin (1758), irregular after Robert More (1703–80), English plant collector; -ea

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Moraea Iridioides.—These plants flower in May, and require the same treatment as Ixias.

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In accordance with the biogenetic law, the morula recalls the ancestral form of the Moraea, or simple colony of Protozoa.

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