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Definition of Diapensia
1. Noun. Any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia.
Definition of Diapensia
1. Noun. An evergreen arctic shrub, ''Diapensia lapponica''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diapensia
Literary usage of Diapensia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1857)
"... having pointed out certain affinities between diapensia and the South American
genus ... diapensia ..."
2. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"... bright green than when it is showing its delicate bloom. They then are pale,
often with a copper-like, sunny tint. THE diapensia FAMILY. ..."
3. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... diapensia FAMILY. Low and prostrate or tufted plants, herbaceous or soft-woody,
glabrous or nearly so; leaves small and simple, without stipules ..."
4. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... diapensia FAMILY. Low and prostrate or tufted plants, herbaceous or soft-woody,
glabrous or nearly so; leaves small and simple, without stipules ..."
5. On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional by Charles Bucke (1823)
"... he would be as much astonished, as the Laplander would be to hear, that his
moss andromeda or his diapensia were common in Ethiopia. ..."
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