Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

Ixia
     n : a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae [syn: {genus
         Ixia}]