a South African plant of the iris family, which bears showy six-petalled starlike flowers on tall wiry stems and has sword-shaped leaves 鸟胶花属植物(南非鸢尾科植物,开鲜艳的六瓣星状花朵,枝茎细长,剑形叶子)
Genus Ixia, family Iridaceae: many cultivars 鸟胶花属,鸢尾科,多栽培品种
语源
modern Latin, from Latin, denoting a kind of thistle, from Greek