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heuchera


Definition of heuchera

noun

  • a North American plant with dark green round or heart-shaped leaves and slender stems of tiny flowers.
    • Genus Heuchera, family Saxifragaceae: many species, in particular H. sanguinea, with many ornamental cultivars

Origin:

modern Latin, named after Johann H. von Heucher (1677–1747), German botanist

heuchera in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of heuchera in the US English dictionary