First Known Use: 1828
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streptocarpus
noun strep·to·car·pus \ˌstrep-tə-ˈkär-pəs\
plural strep·to·carpus·es also strep·to·carpus
Definition of STREPTOCARPUS
: any of a genus (Streptocarpus) of usually stemless African gesneriads that have showy brightly colored flowers with funnel-shaped corollas
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Origin of STREPTOCARPUS
New Latin, from strepto- + -carpus -carpous
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