Meanings
noundielytra (plural dielytras)
plural dielytras
- biologyAny member of the plant genus Dielytra.
In spring, what a place it was for wild flowers!―as Lucy Raymond and her brothers well knew, having often brought home thence great bunches of dielytras and convallarias and orchises; and at any time some bright blossoms were generally to be found gleaming through the shade.
1871, Agnes Maule Machar, Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword, page 25
Origin
From the genus name.
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dielytra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dielytra
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“dielytra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dielytra. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dielytra,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dielytra.
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