Definition of Argyrites

1. argyrite [n] - See also: argyrite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Argyrites

argy-bargy
argy-bargying
argyle
argyles
argyll
argylls
argyr-
argyria
argyrias
argyriasis
argyric
argyrin
argyrins
argyrism
argyrite
argyrites (current term)
argyro-
argyrodite
argyrodites
argyrol
argyrophil
argyrophilic
argyrophilic cell
argyrophilic fibre
argyroses
argyrosis
argyrotic
arhat
arhathood
arhats

Literary usage of Argyrites

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

1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"WE present for a Frontispiece this month a drawing of the Caladium argyrites. The drawing was taken from a very fine plant in the collection of C. Van ..."

2. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"... in Hesse ; also massive at Schneeberg, mixed with quartz, and often covered with a thin coating of nickel green. NICKEL GLANCE. argyrites ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1865)
"... and argyrites; two very fine Cissus discolor, trained as pyramids ; a Coleus Verschaffeltii, Pandanus, Dieffenbachia, &c.; six elegantly grown ferns, ..."

4. Greenhouse & Stove Plants: Flowering and Fine-leaved, Palms, Ferns, and by Thomas Baines (1885)
"C. argyrites. A very small kind, suitable for growing in little pots ; its leaves look well mixed with cut flowers ; they are light green, blotched and ..."

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