(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:34:14

Ix"i*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. birdlime. So called because of the viscid nature of some of the species.] Bot.

A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.

 

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