Clianthus (noun)
klai-an-thus
An Australasian plant of the pea family, which bears drooping clusters of large scarlet flowers.
Modern Latin, apparently from Greek kleos, klei- ‘glory’ + anthos ‘flower’.
Example sentences
“The clianthus flowers danced in the breeze.”
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