Meanings
plural hibbertias
- biologyAny of the typically yellow-flowered shrubs in the genus Hibbertia, family Dilleniaceae.
From November to February, the usually sombre olive green bush is a palette of pink heath, cream and mauve melaleuca, gold hibbertias, snug on the ground, pale blue iris, the swashbuckling scarlet and orange blandfordia lily, and Hewardia tasmanica, the mountain purple iris.
1973, Patsy Adam Smith, The Barcoo Salute, Adelaide: Rigby, page 29
Origin
- translingualHibbertia
- Englishhibbertia
From genus name, translingual Hibbertia; named in honour of plant collector and amateur botanist George Hibbert.
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