aubrietas
|au-bri-e-tas|
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/ˌɑːbriˈeɪtəz/
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/ˌɔːbriˈeɪtəz/
(aubrieta)
small rock-cress plant (garden groundcover)
Etymology
'aubrieta' originates from French, specifically the proper name 'Aubriet' (the surname of the French botanical illustrator Claude Aubriet), used as a Latinized genus name.
'Aubriet' was Latinized in botanical Latin to 'Aubrieta' (or variant 'Aubrietia'), and this botanical Latin form entered English as 'aubrieta' (plural 'aubrietas').
Initially it referred to the name honoring Aubriet (i.e., 'of Aubriet'), and over time it came to denote the plants of the genus Aubrieta in botanical and horticultural usage.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural of 'aubrieta': low-growing, mat-forming flowering plants of the genus Aubrieta (also spelled aubretia), in the mustard family (Brassicaceae), grown as ornamental groundcover in rock gardens.
The terrace was edged with blooming aubrietas that spilled over the stone wall.
Synonyms
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