clarkia

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noun

Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas.

Origintranslingual Clarkia →
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Meanings

nounclarkia (plural clarkias)

plural clarkias

  1. Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas.

    This annual plant resembles the clarkia so strongly that all godetias are now classified as clarkias. But we will mention them individually here because most seed catalogues still do the same.

    1999, Hanneke Van Dijk, Encyclopedia of Border Plants, page 150

Origin

  1. translingualClarkia
  2. Englishclarkia

Borrowed from the genus translingual Clarkia, after William Clark.

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Translations

Arabic كْلَرْكِيَة
  • كْلَرْكِيَة (klarkiya)Clarkia species
Finnish klarkia
  • klarkiaClarkia species
French clarkia
  • clarkiaClarkia species
Polish klarkia, dzierotka
  • klarkiaClarkia species
  • dzierotkaClarkia species
  • marszawaClarkia species
Russian кла́ркия
  • кла́ркия (klárkija)Clarkia species
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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