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strelitzia
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strelitzia, n. [NL., named after Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , and queen of George III of Great Britain.].
A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers. [1913 Webster]
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