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Definition of Fraxinella
1. Noun. Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Fraxinella
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraxinella
Literary usage of Fraxinella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed to a Lady by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Martyn (1787)
"White Dittany or fraxinella" is alfo of this ... of fraxinella, varying in the
colour of the flowers, which are either pale red ..."
2. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1889)
"Oil-cavity below the upper surface of the leaf of Dictamnus fraxinella. B, early
stage, showing the breaking down of the central cells only; c (shaded), ..."
3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"The origin of the name Dictamnus is not known ; but that of fraxinella signifies "
little-ash," in allusion to ..."
4. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"... fraxinella, Meade. This minute fly has been particularly plentiful in the
Midland counties during the past year, disfiguring young Ash trees. ..."
5. Conversations on Nature and Art (1839)
"—STARCH. BRAZIL NUTS. GENIPA. CANNON-BALL TREE. CALABASH. INFLAMMABLE PLANTS.—fraxinella
AND LYCOPODIUM. ..."
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