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Definition of Ammobium
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage.
Group relationships: Genus Ammobium
Specialized synonyms: Ammobium Alatum, Winged Everlasting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammobium
Literary usage of Ammobium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"ammobium, Greek, living in the sand. A perennial, sun-loving plant, native to
New South Wales; ... It is more interesting than beautiful. Winged ammobium. ..."
2. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1881)
"The ammobium is a coarse, weedy looking plant, but the pretty white flowers ...
ammobium means growing in sand, and the plants will produce seed more freely ..."
3. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"ammobium alatum is a sprawling plant with gray-green, cottony, winged stems and
terminal flowers ... It is more interesting than beautiful. Winged ammobium. ..."
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