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Definition of Halesia
1. Noun. Deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Styracaceae, Storax Family, Styracaceae, Styrax Family
Member holonyms: Silver Bell
Definition of Halesia
1. n. A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
Definition of Halesia
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Halesia'' of American shrubs with white flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Halesia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Halesia
Literary usage of Halesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"... both of which are highly ornamental and sufficiently hardy to withstand the
climate of Britain and the temperate parts of the United States. The halesia ..."
2. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"halesia. Snow-drop Tree. halesia tetraptera. —Four-winged halesia. — A native of
Carolina, where it is found growing on the banks of rivers. ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1879)
"halesia TETRAPTERA. was kindly sent to us by WWE Wynne, Esq., of Peniarth,
Merionethshire. We also recently noticed in Sir Henry Peek's garden at Wimbledon ..."
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