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shor·ti·a (shôr

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Any of various eastern North American and Asian evergreen stemless herbs of the genus Shortia, having glossy basal leaves and white, pink, or blue nodding flowers on long stalks.

[New Latin Shortia, genus name, after Charles Wilkins Short (1794-1863), American physician and botanist.]

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shortia - any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers

flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

genus Shortia - evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells

oconee bells, Shortia galacifolia - plant of southeastern United States having solitary white funnel-shaped flowers flushed with pink and large glossy green leaves that turn bronze-red in fall

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