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Definition of Clarkia
1. Noun. Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus ''Clarkia'', native to the Americas ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clarkia
1. an annual herb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clarkia
Literary usage of Clarkia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"clarkia (Captain Wm. Clark, companion of Lewis, explorer of the Kocky Mt. region)
... clarkia ciegan*. Showing doubla flowers and the capsules (X %). into a ..."
2. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"No seeds were however collected, and nothing more was heard of the clarkia in
England till 1826, when it was again discovered, and seeds of it sent home, ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"All the species are natives only of North-West America. clarkia ELEGANS (elegant).
Stems 2 feet high. ..."
4. The Floral Magazine: Comprising Figures and Descriptions of Popular Garden by Thomas Moore, Walter Hood Fitch (1862)
"There are few annuals which seem to exhibit so sportive a character as the clarkia.
We have already in the present volume figured a very beautiful double ..."
5. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1835)
"Elegant clarkia. Linnean Clast and Order. ... clarkia elegans. Douglas Mss.
Limit, in hot. reg. 1.1575. ..."
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