blandfordia

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the scientific name of the Gordon-Lily (see under Lily). The plant wasnamed after George, Marquis of Blandford, son of the secondDuke of Marlborough. The Tasmanian aboriginals called theplant Remine, which name has been given to a small portwhere it grows in profusion on the west coast.