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Definition of Half-hardy
1. Adjective. (of plants) requiring protection from frost. "Half-hardy annuals"
Definition of Half-hardy
1. Adjective. (botany) A plant which requires protection against frost. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-hardy
Literary usage of Half-hardy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Sanvitalia procumbens flore-pleno: half-hardy, 6 in., golden yellow; ...
Silène compacta: half-hardy, 3 to 6 inches, bright pink; clustered as in S. Armería ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"A half-hardy subshrub about 1 ft. high, with white-woolly branches, sessile,
oblong- linear, obtuse, white-woolly Ivs. and distant whorls of about 0 fls. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1839)
"... or, the Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and half-hardy,
Pictorially and ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Perennial from a fleshy or tuberous root, half-hardy, climbing: ITS. peltate,
... Verj- choice half- hardy plant and probably the best known in this country ..."
5. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1873)
"half-hardy TREES.—Some of the most interesting ornamental trees, being natives
of warmer regions than the Northern States, require more management than a ..."
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