Definition of Phacelias

1. phacelia [n] - See also: phacelia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phacelias

pfennige
pfennigs
pfenning
pfennings
pff
pfff
pfft
pfui
pfx
pg
pg/ml
pgl
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
ph33r
phacelia
phacelias (current term)
phacelli
phacellus
phaco-
phacoanaphylactic uveitis
phacoanaphylaxis
phacocele
phacochere
phacocheres
phacocyst
phacocystectomy
phacodonesis
phacoemulsification
phacoerysis
phacofragmentation

Literary usage of Phacelias

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

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"phacelias leaves. The flower-parts are in fives; calyx five-lobed, with reflexed teeth alternating with them ; corolla bell-shaped, five-lobed. ..."

2. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"There are about forty species of phacelias in California, and many of them ... There are other phacelias with entire leaves ; one of these, P. circinata, ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"In the early morning I wandered out among the picturesque rocky hills to find their sunny southward slopes covered with purple phacelias (P. ..."

4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"... and phacelias. These and many others should not be ignored in our own planting. BULBS. The Gladioli have been improved in size of blooms and infinity of ..."

5. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"On the evening of the 20th of May, we encamped in a low, muddy bottom, overgrown with nettles and phacelias; but the only place we could find combining the ..."

6. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"On the evening of the 20th of May, we encamped in a low, muddy bottom, overgrown with nettles and phacelias; but the only place we could find combining the ..."

7. The Mountains of California by John Muir (1907)
"... up simultaneously, and bloom together at about the same height above the ground, the general surface being but slightly ruffled by the taller phacelias, ..."

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