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Definition of Dalea spinosa
1. Noun. Greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dalea Spinosa
Literary usage of Dalea spinosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. California, Romantic and Beautiful: The History of Its Old Missions and of by George Wharton James (1914)
"The dalea spinosa, or smoke tree, is practically known only to those who love the
... When flowering dalea spinosa is a most gorgeous and glowing spectacle. ..."
2. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth, United States Forest Service (1908)
"dalea spinosa Gray. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. Mostly a spiny-twigged, small,
much-branched shrub ... dalea spinosa. in diameter—occasionally thicker. ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1890)
"DALEA SCHOTTII Torr.—Cajón de Santa Maria. dalea spinosa Gray.—A small tree or
bush growing in the sand of dry streams at ..."
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