'Strelitzia' definitions:
Definition of 'Strelitzia'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae [syn: Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia]
Definition of 'Strelitzia'
From: 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]