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Definition of Statice

1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers.

Definition of Statice

1. Noun. Plants of the genus Limonium having spikes of white or mauve flowers ¹

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Definition of Statice

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Statice

Literary usage of Statice

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"statice of Tournefort is the Armeria of later authors, while Limonium of ... 8 (1768), retaining the name statice for those species with a globular head and ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... statice ELATA (tall). Scapes 2 feet high. Leaves oval, shortly stalked. Flowers blue, in small cymes gathered into branched panicles ; branches ..."

3. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"Represented in North America by three genera, only one of which comprises medicinal species. statice. —MARSH-ROSEMARY. statice ..."

4. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"One of the best is statice latifolia. It bears in June immense panicle of bright blue ... (P/CONIA TENUIFOLIA, FL. PL.) SEA LAVENDER. (statice LATIFOLIA. ..."

5. A Guide to Therapeutics and Materia Medica by Robert Farquharson (1877)
"... "rom 48 to 56 per cent. by volume, of al For effects and uses, see ALCOHOL.] [statice—MARSH-ROSEMARY. The root of statice Limonium, variety Caroliniana, ..."

6. A Guide to Therapeutics and Materia Medica by Robert Farquharson (1877)
"... by volume, of absolute alcohol, US For effects and uses, see ALCOHOL.] [statice—MARSH-ROSEMARY. The root of statice Limonium, variety Caroliniana, ..."

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