Definition of Acroclinium

1. Noun. Genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterum.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Acroclinium

Acre antshrikes
Acrel's ganglion
Acrididae
Acridotheres
Acridotheres tristis
Acrilan
Acris
Acris crepitans
Acris gryllus
Acrobates
Acrocarpus
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Acrocephalus
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Acroceraunian
Acroclinium (current term)
Acroclinium roseum
Acrocomia
Acrocomia aculeata
Acrocomia vinifera
Acropolis
Acropolitan
Acropora
Acrostichum
Acrostichum aureum
Acroá
Act.
Act of God
Act of Parliament
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Literary usage of Acroclinium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Les fleurs de pleine terre by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie (1894)
"Acroclinium rosé à capitules doubles. Var. à capitules doubles rosés. ... L'Acroclinium rosé et ses variétés demandent une terre saine, légère, siliceuse, ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1873)
"Wild oats, feather grass, and all their various species, are very ornamental in winter, and mingled with the everlasting flowers—Acroclinium, Xeranthemum, ..."

3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Acroclinium ROSEUM (rosy). Stems erect, 1 to 2 Species feet high. ... Description of Upper portions of branches, Acroclinium roseum, Plate 136. giving ..."

4. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1881)
"The Acroclinium is the prettiest in the garden, of the four mentioned, and should be in every collection of flowering plants, because it comes up so readily ..."

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