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heuchera
CIDE DICTIONARY
heuchera, n.
A genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heuchera, n. any N. American herbaceous plant of the genus Heuchera, with dark-green round or heart-shaped leaves and tiny flowers.
Etymology
mod.L f. J. H. von Heucher, Ger. botanist d. 1747
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