noun. A genus of South African plants of the family Scrophulariaceæ. It contains about 30 species, annual or perennial herbs bearing white, yellow, or red short-tubular, solitary, or raeemed saccate or spurred flowers. A few of them are in cultivation as garden annuals, one of the most advertised being N. strumosa.

"Our home bedding plants, such as geranium, verbena, nemesia, were all in full bloom and the soil and climate seemed to suit them."