aubretias
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/oʊˈbriːtiəz/
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/ɔːˈbriːtiəz/
(aubretia)
rock-garden flowering plant
Etymology
'aubretia' originates from Neo-Latin, specifically the word 'Aubrieta', named after the French botanical illustrator 'Claude Aubriet' (surname 'Aubriet'), where the name commemorated that person.
'aubretia' changed from the Latinized botanical name 'Aubrieta' (used in botanical Latin and horticulture from the 18th–19th century) and eventually became the modern English common name 'aubretia' for plants of that genus.
Initially it was a Latinized genus name used to honour a person (Aubriet); over time it came to be used in English as the common name for the plants themselves (and in plural as 'aubretias').
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural of 'aubretia' — plants of the genus Aubrieta: low-growing, mat-forming rock-garden plants with small purple, pink, or white flowers, often used as groundcover.
In spring the old wall was covered with aubretias, their purple carpets spilling down between the stones.
Synonyms
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