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Hottonia   Listen
noun
Hottonia  n.  A genus of aquatic herbs.
Synonyms: genus Hottonia.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Hottonia" Quotes from Famous Books



... Its English name is water-violet,—not a fitting name for it, because this plant is not at all related to the violet tribe, but is one of the primrose family; so we should more correctly call it water-primrose. Its Latin name is Hottonia palustris; it is called Hottonia in honour of a German botanist, Professor Hotton, of Leyden. Willy will tell us that the word palustris means "marshy," in allusion to the places where the water primrose is found growing. It is a very common plant in the ditches on the moors here, and I will take care to show you ...
— Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children • W. Houghton



Words linked to "Hottonia" :   primrose family, Primulaceae, genus Hottonia, Hottonia inflata, magnoliopsid genus, family Primulaceae, Hottonia palustris, dicot genus, feather-foil



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