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Definition of Bassia
1. Noun. Summer cypress.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Chenopodiaceae, Family Chenopodiaceae, Goosefoot Family
Member holonyms: Bassia Scoparia, Belvedere, Burning Bush, Fire Bush, Fire-bush, Kochia Scoparia, Summer Cypress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bassia
Basque Homeland and Freedom Basque Shepherd Dog Basque Shepherd Dogs Basques Basquish Basra Bastedo Bastedo's sign Bastet Bastia | Bastian Bastille Bastille Day Basuto |
Literary usage of Bassia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yale Review by Yale University, George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross (1894)
"... bassia has given us no facts which would lead us to modify this opinion.
Of course, under the Empire of the third and still more of the fourth centuries ..."
2. Fatty Foods: Their Practical Examination. A Handbook for the Use of by Edward Richards Bolton, Cecil Revis (1913)
"Seeds of bassia latifolia, which occurs mainly in Central . ... Seed of bassia
latifolia (natural size). From Seoni, Central Provinces, India. ..."
3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"This species and a few others also deserve culture as ornamental bushes.
Illipe latifolia, F. v. Mueller. (bassia latifolia, Roxburgh. ..."