Definitions for ixias

ixias ix·i·a

Spelling: [ik-see-uh]
IPA: /ˈɪk si ə/

Ixias is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in ixias (aiisx).

Definitions for ixias

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 ixias

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

Examples for ixias

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

ixia longiflora foliis ensiformibus linearibus strictis, tubo filiformi longissimo.

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

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

ixia flexuosa foliis linearibus, racemo flexuoso multifloro.

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

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

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

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

Word Value for ixias
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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