Definition of Ammobium

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage.

Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Ammobium
Specialized synonyms: Ammobium Alatum, Winged Everlasting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammobium

ammas
ammelide aminohydrolase
ammer
ammers
ammeter
ammeters
ammetre
ammetres
ammine
ammines
ammino
ammiral
ammirals
ammite
ammo
ammobium (current term)
ammocete
ammocetes
ammochryse
ammocoete
ammocoetes
ammodyte
ammodytes
ammolite
ammonaemia
ammonal
ammonals
ammonia
ammonia-lyases
ammonia alum

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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