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Definition of Germanders
1. germander [n] - See also: germander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germanders
Literary usage of Germanders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tennyson, as a Student and Poet of Nature by Norman Lockyer, Winifred Lucas Lockyer (1910)
"... the flower of which is a clear azure blue, and deserves the epithet "eye,"
which is not applicable to any of the "germanders." The commonest of the true ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The germanders are hardy herbs, with aromatic foliage, suitable for the wild
garden or rockwork. They are little known horti- culturally. ..."
3. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"Few of these grow spontaneously in this island ; they are the germanders* and
Wood-sages, to which the Ground-pine is an intimate ally. ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1863)
"The extreme development of the corolla in linaria and germanders is balanced by
the absorption of the fifth stamen, represented by a slender filament. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1867)
"They are called germanders. & vcr.. species were formerly reputed to pos«ss
rr.-.i:> cinal virtues, but arc now discarded ..."
6. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1872)
"... Thine are germanders fill'd with dew, And sweet faint cuckoo-blooms are thine.
Thy rosy fingers woods adorn, Each hand the wide-eyed windflower brings, ..."
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