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Definition of Acroclinium roseum
1. Noun. Flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying.
Generic synonyms: Everlasting, Everlasting Flower
Group relationships: Acroclinium, Genus Acroclinium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acroclinium Roseum
Literary usage of Acroclinium roseum
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)
"acroclinium roseum (rosy). Stems erect, 1 to 2 Species feet high. ... Description of
Upper portions of branches, acroclinium roseum, Plate 136. giving ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... desirable for general cultivation as decorative plants for the open air: —
acroclinium roseum: half-hardy, I ft-, rose-pink or white; everlasting. ..."
3. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"The following is a list of those most desirable. H indicates hardy, HH half-hardy :—
List of Everlastings. HH acroclinium roseum, rose, 1 foot. ..."
4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"... journal and asked "What arc the most advantageous addition to dried grasses,
for winter ornaments ?" The editor replied —" acroclinium roseum, A. alba, ..."
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