SAINTPAULIA An East African genus of plants of the family Gesneriaceæ, comprising 3 species. One of them, S. ionantha, a recent acquisition to greenhouses, is a small herbaceous plant bearing a profusion of sky-blue flowers somewhat resembling a violet, whence the name ‘African violet.’ The leaves are all radical, ovate, or ovate-oblong; the flowers are nodding, one inch across, in few-flowered clusters, with a subrotate two-lipped corolla.
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Word: SAINTPAULIA
Length: 11 letters
Dictionary: Valid in TWL and SOWPODS
Status: Official Scrabble word
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