freesia

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This star-flowered corm grows like a freesia, having a rather lank habit, but it is remarkably hardy (though not reputed to be so).

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  1. noun Any of several plants of the genus Freesia, native to southern Africa, having one-sided clusters of fragrant, variously colored flowers.

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  • She carried a bouquet of lisianthus, freesia, spray carnations and gypsophila. —  Latest Isle of Wight News
  • The fragrance notes include bergamot, mandarin, magnolia, ice accord, nutmeg, freesia, datura, white pepper, lime tree wood, cedar and musk. —  Now Smell This
  • Tommy Girl Summer ~ with cassis sorbet, mandarin, watery freesia, rose and sandalwood. —  nstperfume
  • The only ingredient that gives me pause is freesia. —  Blogdorf Goodman
  • The bride carried a hand cluster with ivory hydrangea, white freesia, white peonies, and stephanotis with pearl pins. —  news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com
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  1. New Latin, after Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795-1876), German physician.
 

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