Definition of Helxine

1. Noun. One species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Helxine

Helvella esculenta
Helvella sulcata
Helvellaceae
Helvetia
Helvetian
Helvetians
Helvetic
Helvetica
Helvetism
Helvetisms
Helweg
Helweg's bundle
Helweg-Larssen
Helweg-Larssen syndrome
Helwingia
Helxine (current term)
Helxine soleirolia
Hemachatus
Hemachatus haemachatus
Hemant
Hemerobiidae
Hemerocallidaceae
Hemerocallis flava
Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus
Hemiascomycetes
Hemigalus
Hemigalus hardwickii
Hemigrammus
Heming
Hemingway

Literary usage of Helxine

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

1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"Some, again, such as the er}'nge,™* are prickly at the head only ; and some blossom in the summer, the tetralix and the helxine, for instance. ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"193. Rait tyn. 158. Dod. 102, repr. in Ger. by Johns. 331, Helxine sive ... Lob.obs. 131, cop. in P. vulgaris. Park, theatr. 437, repr. m Helxine. ..."

3. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"Helxine Soleirolii exists for other purposes than that of breaking jaws. The race-name is drawn from ei'Xio-ow, " I cling and twine," which has also given ..."

4. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"... (Helxine being Polygonum convolvulus), the stem winds around the support passing from right to left of the observer confronting the coil; ..."

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