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Definition of Forsythia
1. Noun. Any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers.
Definition of Forsythia
1. a. A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.
Definition of Forsythia
1. Noun. Any of several shrubs, of the genus ''Forsythia'', native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring. ¹
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Definition of Forsythia
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Medical Definition of Forsythia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Forsythia
Literary usage of Forsythia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"forsythia VIRIDISSIMA.* A fine flowering deciduous shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, ...
That plant, the forsythia suspensa of Vahl, was called a Lilac by Thunberg, ..."
2. Our Northern Shrubs and how to Identify Them: A Handbook for the Nature-lover by Harriet Louise Keeler (1903)
"forsythia fortunei. It is good opinion that forsythia suspensa should be regarded
as the specific form and forsythia ..."
3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"forsythia. The forsythiaS or GOLDEN BELLS are very ornamental early-flowering
hardy deciduous shrubs which burst into bloom as the winter is leaving, ..."
4. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"... and others, like alia simplex, pure white in their loveliness. Others are
distinctly striped WEEPING GOLDEN BELL. (forsythia ..."
5. Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect: A Lover of Nature and of His Kind, who by Charles William Eliot (1902)
"forsythia. 7. Pinus Mugho 3. Cornus Mas. Cornus. 8. Ligustrum. Cydonia. ...
forsythia. 18. Leucothoe 20. Euonymus 10. 19. Mahonia 20. Euonymus 10. 20. ..."
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