fleur cirage

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Réunion Creole French. So named because of the smell of polish emitted by the plant when bruised.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flœʁ si.ʁaʒ/

Noun

fleur cirage f (plural fleurs cirages)

  1. (Réunion) synonym of otacanthe bleuâtre (Matourea azurea)[2]

References

  1. ^ Dominique Martiré (2021) Faune et flore de La Réunion (in French), Paris: Delachaux et Niestlé, →ISBN, page 128: “Les feuilles et les tiges froissées dégagent une odeur d'encaustique, d'où son nom vernaculaire créole.”
  2. ^ Dominique Martiré (2021) Faune et flore de La Réunion, Paris: Delachaux et Niestlé, →ISBN, p. 128 (as Otacanthus caeruleus Lindl.).
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