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houstonia
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houstonia, n. [NL. So named after Dr. William Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.].
A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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