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bartsia (iou)



bartsia noun. M18.
[mod. Latin Bartsia, from Johann Bartsch (1709-38), Prussian physician and botanist: see -IA1.]
A plant of the genus Bartsia, of the figwort family, or formerly included in this genus; esp. (more fully red bartsia) Odontites verna, a common wayside weed bearing racemes of purplish-red flowers.