kerria noun. ['kɛrɪǝ] E19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from William Ker or Kerr (d. 1814), English botanical collector: see -IA¹.]
1. A deciduous yellow-flowered shrub, Kerria japonica, of the rose family, native to China and Japan and freq. cultivated esp. in its double-flowered version. E19.

2. white kerria, a closely related shrub, Rhodotypos scandens, which bears white flowers. E20.

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