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Definition of Leucothoe
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia.
Definition of Leucothoe
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Leucothoe'' of flowering plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucothoe
Literary usage of Leucothoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"293. 1814. L. spinulosa G. Don, Gard. Diet. 3: 832. 1834. leucothoe ... In dry
woods, mountains of Virginia to Alabama. April-May. 4. leucothoe ..."
2. Mythological Fables (1837)
"THE STORY OF leucothoe. leucothoe, a beautiful maiden, was beloved by Apollo ;
but meeting with a cruel and untimely death, the disconsolate deity sprinkled ..."
3. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1866)
"... and with him in her arms, she threw herself into the sea, and was changed into
a sea deity, called leucothoe. After this, Athamas recovered his senses; ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes by Isaac Reed, Robert Dodsley, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"leucothoe. I know no cause; but I would fain be gone. leucothoe. Any whither from
hence, My thoughts divine of treason, whence I know not. ..."
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