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aubrietia (iou)



aubrietia noun. , aubretia. E19.
[mod. Latin Aubrieta, from Claude Aubriet (1668-1743), French botanist: see -IA1.]
Any of several dwarf trailing cruciferous plants of the genus Aubrieta, usu. bearing violet or purple flowers.
? Aubrieta is the original spelling of the name of the genus but in ordinary usage the form with -tia has been predominant.