heuchera
[ hyoo-ker-uh ]
/ ˈhyu kər ə /
noun
any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the alumroots.
Compare
coral bells.
Origin of heuchera
< New Latin (Linnaeus), after Johann Heinreich von
Heucher (1677–1747), German botanist; see
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British Dictionary definitions for heuchera
heuchera
/ (ˈhjuːkərə) /
noun
any plant of the N. American genus Heuchera, with low-growing heart-shaped leaves and mostly red flowers carried in sprays on slender graceful stems: family Saxifragaceae
See also alumroot
Word Origin for heuchera
named after J. H.
Heucher (1677–1747), German doctor and botanist