Definition of Armeria maritima

1. Noun. Tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover.

Exact synonyms: Cliff Rose, Sea Pink
Generic synonyms: Thrift

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armeria Maritima

Armenian monetary unit
Armenianness
Armenians
Armeno-
Armenological
Armenologist
Armenologists
Armenology
Armenophile
Armenophiles
Armenophilia
Armenophobe
Armenophobes
Armenophobia
Armeria
Armeria maritima (current term)
Armill
Armillaria
Armillaria caligata
Armillaria mellea neutral proteinase
Armillaria ponderosa
Armillaria zelleri
Armillariella
Armillariella mellea
Armillifer
Armills
Arminian
Arminian Baptist
Arminian Church
Arminianism

Literary usage of Armeria maritima

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

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Armeria maritima, L.—Park. Parad. 318. Cushion-pink. Armeria maritima, L.— Wilts. (gardens). Prior, p. 60. Cushy-cows. Rumex obtusifolius, L. (when in seed) ..."

2. Transactions of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1850)
"Armeria maritima on the contrary does not require iodine as ... I am therefore inclined to ascribe the occasional presence of iodine in Armeria maritima, ..."

3. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1850)
"A PAPER has heen resd to the British Association, " On the Composition of the Ash of Armeria maritima, grown in different localities, and Remarks on the ..."

4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1864)
"The higher portions of the cliffs are cushioned by continuous tufts of the common thrift, Armeria maritima, which, when in full flower, must be exceedingly ..."

5. Monograph of the Coccidæ of the British Isles by Robert Newstead (1903)
"... or Puffin Island, Anglesey, North Wales, at the roots of Armeria maritima. I have since found it abundantly on grass roots in loamy or sandy soil at ..."

6. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"The analysis however indicated likewise a considerable amount of alkaline chlorides in the ash of Armeria maritima from the Scottish Highlands. ..."

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