Strelitzia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strelitzia \Stre*litz"i*a\, n. [NL., named after Charlotte,
     Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of
     Great Britain.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of
     Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and
     peculiar richly colored flowers.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Strelitzia
       n : small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves
           resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in
           family Musaceae [syn: {genus Strelitzia}]