Ixia n 1: a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae [syn: {Ixia}, {genus Ixia}]
Ixia \Ix"i*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? birdlime. So called because of the viscid nature of some of the species.] (Bot.) A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers. [1913 Webster]