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galtonia

galtonia noun: any of the genus Galtonia of plants in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Africa.

Noun

galtonia (plural galtonias)

  1. Any of the genus Galtonia of plants in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Africa.

Forms of galtonia

pluralgaltonias

Origin of galtonia

From the genus name, after Sir Francis Galton.

Questions about galtonia

What does galtonia mean?
Galtonia means any of the genus Galtonia of plants in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Africa.
What part of speech is galtonia?
Galtonia is a noun.
What is the plural of galtonia?
The plural of galtonia is galtonias.

Words near galtonia in the dictionary

  1. Galton's problem
  2. Galton's whistle
  3. Galton's whistles
  4. Galton-Watson process
  5. Galton-Watson processes
  6. galtonia
  7. Galtonian
  8. galtonias
  9. galtonioside
  10. Galtonism
  11. galtrap

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