Associations to the word «Clivia»

Wiktionary

CLIVIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae   — the clivias or kaffir lilies.
CLIVIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Encyrtidae   — certain parasitoid chalcid wasps.
CLIVIA, noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne