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nemesia
/ ɪˈːə /
noun
any plant of the southern African scrophulariaceous genus Nemesia: cultivated for their brightly coloured (often reddish) flowers
Word History and Origins
Origin of nemesia1
Example Sentences
Consider planting it in a container as a vertical accent alongside smaller cool-tolerant flowers, such as sweet alyssum or nemesia.
But Cleary also has a secret weapon: her Filipino mother, Nemesia Hammond.
Nemesia floribunda: hardy, 1 ft., white and yellow; pretty and compact.
The Athenians instituted f�tes called Nemesia, in memory of deceased persons, as the goddess was supposed to defend the relics and the memory of the dead from insult.
Yankee, off the Isle of Pines, captured and destroyed the Spanish sloops Nemesia, of Batabano, Amistad and Manuelita, of Coloma, and the pilot-boats Luz and Jacinto.
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