clivia
(ˈklaɪvɪə)
Also clivea.
[mod.L. (J. Lindley 1828, in Bot. Reg. XIV. 1182), f. the name of Lady Charlotte Clive (d. 1866), who married the third Duke of Northumberland.]
A plant of the genus of that name of African amaryllids with orange, red, or yellow flowers.
| 1828 Bot. Reg. XIV. 1128 (heading) Clivia nobilis. Scarlet Clivia. 1866 Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. 300/1 The Clivias consist of herbs with fasciculate fleshy roots. 1891 Daily News 11 Feb. 9/6 Messrs. Laing, of Forest Hill, received a vote of thanks for their stand of clivias. 1961 Amat. Gardening 23 Sept. 27/2 A clivia is a fairly easy plant to grow. |