ixia in English

noun
1
a South African plant of the iris family that bears showy six-petaled starlike flowers on tall wiry stems and has sword-shaped leaves.
Bulbs native to Mediterranean and other climates [include] babiana, sparaxis, tritonia, watsonia, bearded iris, ixia , Oxalis purpurea, Scilla Peruviana, freesias, the small alliums, etc.

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1. He concluded by asking Miller for one little root of Ixia, or other bulbous plant from the Cape.

2. whereas those provisions do not cover products Allium neapolitanum, Ixia, Eranthis cilicica and hiemalis, Fritillaria meleagris, its cultivars and hybrids and Sparaxis tricolor, its cultivars and hybrids

3. Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/68 of 12 March 1968 fixing the quality standards for flowering bulbs, corms and tubers (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 338/77 (3), lays down in the Annex thereto provisions concerning size gradings ; whereas those provisions do not cover products Allium neapolitanum, Ixia, Eranthis cilicica and hiemalis, Fritillaria meleagris, its cultivars and hybrids and Sparaxis tricolor, its cultivars and hybrids ; whereas those products should be included in that Annex in order to achieve the purposes of the quality standards more satisfactorily;