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Definition of Abronia
1. Noun. Genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Allioniaceae, Family Allioniaceae, Family Nyctaginaceae, Four-o'clock Family, Nyctaginaceae
Member holonyms: Sand Verbena
Definition of Abronia
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Abronia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abronia
Literary usage of Abronia
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)
"Flowers fragrant, yellow, J-inch long; in dense heads; July. Half-hardy.
Introduced from California, 1865. abronia ARENARIA (sand-loving). Sand Verbena. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"abronia Juss. ; Gmel. Syst. 1008. 1791. Annual or perennial herbs, with opposite
petioled thick entire ... White abronia. Fig. 1731. abronia fragrant Nutt. ..."
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