agalinis

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noun

Any member of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants.

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false foxglovegerardia
Origintaxonomic name Agalini ← Latin linis ← Proto-Italic *līnom →
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Meanings

nounagalinis (plural agalinis)
  1. biologyAny member of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants.

    Synonyms: false foxglove, gerardia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants.

Similar
false foxglovegerardia
Also see
false foxglovegerardia

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m̥ǵh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*əga-
  4. Ancient Greekἀγα- (aga-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*līnom
  6. Proto-Italic*līnom
  7. Latinlinis
  8. taxonomic nameAgalini
  9. Englishagalinis

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Agalinis.

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APA

agalinis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agalinis

MLA

“agalinis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agalinis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agalinis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agalinis.

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