Chamaeleon

From Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain carline thistle plants, with at most only a single currently accepted species Chamaeleon macrophyllus, most of whose former species are now in Carlina..

• Chamaeleon (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carlina macrophylla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chamaeleon at The Plant List
• Carlina macrophylla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”), from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn)

Chamaeleon

1. (astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chamaeleon. It lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.

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1. (astronomy) Chamaeleon (small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky)