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Definition of Leiophyllum
1. Noun. One species: sand myrtle.
Exact synonyms: Genus Leiophyllum
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Leiophyllum Buxifolium, Sand Myrtle
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Leiophyllum Buxifolium, Sand Myrtle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leiophyllum
Literary usage of Leiophyllum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"... being clothed with lichens and mosses, and with a dense mat of the mountain
leiophyllum, a stunted and much branched shrub (five to ten inches high), ..."
2. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray, Charles Sprague Sargent (1889)
"... being clothed with lichens and mosses, and with a dense mat of the mountain
leiophyllum, a stunted and much branched shrub (five to ten inches high), ..."
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