shor·ti·a (shôr t - )n. 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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| Noun | 1. |  shortia - any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowersflower - 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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