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aubrietia, aubrieta, aubretia [ɔːˈbriːʃə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrietia, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
[from New Latin, named after Claude Aubriet, 18th-century French painter of flowers and animals]
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