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Definition of Menziesia
1. Noun. Deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: False Azalea, Fool's Huckleberry, Menziesia Ferruginea, Menziesia Pilosa, Minnie Bush, Minniebush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menziesia
Literary usage of Menziesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"menziesia furnishes several brilliant and elegant species and varieties. ...
menziesia erecta, with something mongrel-like in its aspect, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Alleghany menziesia. (Fig. 2752. Azalea pilosa Michx. in Lam. Journ. Nat. ...
menziesia pilosa Pers. Syn. I:42o. 1805. menziesia globularis Salisb. Parad. ..."
3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1813)
"Land. 44. Hort. Kew. edit. alt. i>. 2. p. 360. The genus menziesia was ...
under the name of menziesia globularis. Upon a careful examination of ..."
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