Definition of Clethra

1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet.

Exact synonyms: Genus Clethra
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Clethraceae, Family Clethraceae, White-alder Family

Definition of Clethra

1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Clethra'' of flowering shrubs or small trees bearing flowers in clusters. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clethra

clerks
clerkship
clerkships
clerodane
clerofascist
clerofascists
cleromancy
cleroteria
cleroterion
cleroterium
clerstories
clerstory
cleruch
cleruchs
cleruchy
clethra (current term)
clethras
cleuch
cleuchs
cleugh
cleughs
cleve
cleveite
cleveites
clever
clever-clever
clever arse
clever clogs

Literary usage of Clethra

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

1. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"THE clethra. AFTER the flowers of the azalea have faded, we are attracted in like situations by a similar fragrance from the clethra, or Spiked Alder, ..."

2. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"clethra. This genus is composed mostly of American plants, and succeeds ... Alder-leaved clethra, — A shrub, from two to eight feet high, showing a long ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"... Fletcher is quite right and that in fact the station was Westford and not Westfield as quoted through some oversight.—ED. A PINK-PETALED FORM OF clethra ..."

4. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"The best and most hardy species, 3 to 10 feet high, SWEET clethra or SWEET ... The next in hardiness is found wild from Virginia south, SOUTHERN clethra or ..."

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