noun
any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Loasa
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\\ˈlōəsə\ nounEtymology: New Latin
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Loasaceae) of tropical American prickly herbs having 10 staminodia and a 3- to 5-valved capsule
Useful english dictionary. 2012.