sparaxis
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sparaxis /spəˈraksɪs/
▶noun a South African plant with slender sword-shaped leaves and showy multicoloured flowers. [Genus Sparaxis.]
– origin mod. L., from Gk, lit. ‘laceration’, from sparassein ‘to tear’.
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