n. sing. & pl. [ Russ. strieliéts' a shooter, archer. ] A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖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 ]
(n) small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae, Syn. genus Strelitzia
(n) woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae, Syn. strelitzia family, family Strelitziaceae
(n) ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird, Syn. Strelitzia reginae