Definitions for Ixia

Ixia ix·i·a

Spelling: [ik-see-uh]
IPA: /ˈɪk si ə/

Ixia is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 8 anagrams from letters in Ixia (aiix).

Definitions for Ixia

noun

  1. any of various southern African plants of the genus Ixia, of the iris family, having sword-shaped leaves and showy, ornamental flowers.

Origin of Ixia

New Latin (Linnaeus) Greek ixía birdlime, equivalent to ix(ós) mistletoe, birdlime (made with mistletoe berries) + -ia -ia

Examples for Ixia

ixia, a genus containing about twenty-five species of very free-flowering bulbs.

Professor de Vriese figures something of the same kind in ixia carminosa.

They are grown like the ixia, but are rather more tender, and do best if kept indoors in winter.

ixia chinensis foliis ensiformibus; floribus remotis, panicula dichotoma, floribus pedunculatis.

ixia crocata foliis ensiformibus, floribus secundis corolia basi hyalino-fenestratis.

An elegant plant which belongs to the nearly hardy group referred to in the notice of ixia.

ixia foliis ad radicem nervosis gramineis, floribus ac fructu convolutis.

ixia flexuosa foliis linearibus, racemo flexuoso multifloro.

ixia longiflora foliis ensiformibus linearibus strictis, tubo filiformi longissimo.

Word Value for Ixia
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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