ixora

See also: Ixora

English

Ixora 'Siam Ribbon' (hybrid cultivar)

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ixora, from Sanskrit ई॒श्व॒र (īśvará).

Noun

ixora (plural ixoras)

1. (botany) Any of the flowering plants in the genus Ixora.
   • 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 26:

     He could see […] some ragged red ixora hedges that need fixing up.

Further reading

• Ixora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ixora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ixora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Roaix, orixa