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a•stil•be n.

Plant Biologyany plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.

Neo-Latin, equivalent. to a- a-⁶ + Greek stilbé̄, feminine of stilbós glittering
1825

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astilbe /əˈstɪlbɪ/ n

any perennial saxifragaceous plant of the genus Astilbe of E Asia and North America: cultivated for their ornamental spikes or panicles of pink or white flowers

Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, from Greek: not glittering, from a-¹ + stilbē, from stilbein to glitter; referring to its inconspicuous individual flowers

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saxifrage family

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