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Definition of Freesia
1. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers.
Definition of Freesia
1. Noun. Any flowering plant of the genus ''Freesia'', native to South Africa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Freesia
1. an African herb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freesia
Literary usage of Freesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contemporary Verse Anthology: Favorite Poems Selected from the Magazine by Charles Wharton Stork (1920)
"... freesia BY THERESA HELBURN THE freesia that you loved so well Is here in hosts,
And from each slender ivory bell Rise fragrant ghosts Of grey dawns by ..."
2. Bulb Gardening by Mary Hampden (1922)
"White, white and gold. with deep tomato-orange blotch freesia ... Yellow, rose
and gold. flushed with gold, and with freesia MAUVE IDEAL. ..."
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