Definition of Olearia

1. Noun. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.


Definition of Olearia

1. an Australian daisy-tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Olearia

Old world white pelican
Oldenberg
Oldfield
Oldham
Oldsmobile
Olduvai Gorge
Olea cunninghamii
Olea europaea
Olea lanceolata
Oleaceae
Oleales
Oleandra
Oleandra mollis
Oleandra neriiformis
Oleandraceae
Olearia (current term)
Olearia argophylla
Olearia haastii
Olene
Olfersia
Olfersia cervina
Olga
Olga Korbut
Oligocene
Oligocene epoch
Oligoplites
Oligoporus
Oligoporus leucospongia
Olimbos
Olive

Literary usage of Olearia

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

1. Botanical Commentaries by Jonathan Stokes (1830)
"Strong scented, roughish ; hairs very short; olearia ... Flowers with olearia, to an inch long. ..."

2. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1866)
"Where the achenes are retaining Olearia for the Australasian species, ... There appear to be indeed better grounds for maintaining Olearia RS distinct from ..."

3. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1876)
"Die Pflanze, welche wir hierbei abbilden, erhielten wir als Olearia ... Müller in der vortrefflichen Flora australiensis als Olearia ..."

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