ixora

See also: Ixora

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ixora, from Sanskrit ई॒श्व॒र (īśvará).

Noun

ixora (plural ixoras)

  1. (botany) Any of the flowering plants in the genus Ixora.
    • 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 26:
      He could see […] some ragged red ixora hedges that need fixing up.

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