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Definition of Astilbe
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Astilbe
Specialized synonyms: Astilbe Biternata, False Goatsbeard, Astilbe Chinensis Pumila, Dwarf Astilbe, Astilbe Japonica, Spiraea, Spirea
Definition of Astilbe
1. Noun. A species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astilbe
1. an Asian perennial [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astilbe
Literary usage of Astilbe
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 by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"astilboides: astilbe astilboides. ... floribunda: probably astilbe astilboides
floribunda. ... —*japonica; often misapplied to astilbe ..."
2. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"... is to be commended as astilbe JAPONICA. jfy a spring flower. It grows four
to ^^ *»• eight inches high, bears numerous NOBLE FUMITORY. pink flowers, ..."
3. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"astilbe.—Only two or three species of this genus are known to cultivation.
They are elegant rather than showy plants, with handsome ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Type species: astilbe rivu- laris D. Don. 1. astilbe ... 1803. astilbe decandra D.
Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 211. 1825. astilbe ..."
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