Strelitzia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Strelitzia
    n 1: small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having
         leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed
         in family Musaceae [syn: {Strelitzia}, {genus Strelitzia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Strelitzia \Stre*litz"i*a\, n. [NL., named after Charlotte,
   Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and queen of George III of
   Great Britain.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of
   Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and
   peculiar richly colored flowers.
   [1913 Webster]