Definition of Hudsonia

1. Noun. Small evergreen subshrubs of North America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hudsonia

Huda
Hudd
Huddersfield
Huddie Leadbetter
Huddle
Huddy
Hudibrasian
Hudibrastic
Hudson
Hudson-Stahli line
Hudson Bay
Hudson Hoagland
Hudson River
Hudson River school
Hudson bay collared lemming
Hudsonia (current term)
Hudsonia ericoides
Hudsonia tomentosa
Hudsonian
Hudsonian godwit
Hue
Hueck's ligament
Huelin
Huet
Hueter's manoeuvre
Hueter's sign
Huetson
Huett
Huey
Huffie

Literary usage of Hudsonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"It seems that some species or varieties exist throughout the north. These are nearly allied, and badly distinguished under the names St.funerea, Hudsonia, ..."

2. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"Nearly all the greenhouse species only require protection in the winter, and may be planted on rockwork during the summer months. GENUS III. Hudsonia Lin. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Hudsonia ericoides L. Mani, i: 74. 1767. Bushy-branched from the base, ... Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 5. 1818. Densely tufted and intricately branched ..."

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