Definition of Astroloma humifusum

1. Noun. Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Astroloma Humifusum

Astor
Astraea
Astraeus
Astragalus alpinus
Astragalus danicus
Astragalus glycyphyllos
Astrakhan
Astrantia major
Astreus
Astreus hygrometricus
Astreus pteridis
Astrid
Astro
AstroTurf
Astroloma
Astroloma humifusum (current term)
Astronium
Astronium fraxinifolium
Astronomer Royal
Astronomical Unit
Astronomicodiluvian
Astrophyton muricatum
Astropogon
Astropogon stellatus
Astros
Astroturfed
Astroturfing
Astroturfs
Asturia
Asturian

Literary usage of Astroloma humifusum

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

1. South Australia: Its History, Resources, and Productions by William Harcus (1876)
"... the principal species of which, the native currant of the colonists, Astroloma humifusum, E. Br., and the so-called native peach, ..."

2. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"Styphelia viridis, or the " five corner," and Astroloma humifusum, or the " ground berry," are well known as having edible drupes, and there are three ..."

3. The Green-house Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-house and by John Claudius Loudon (1825)
"ASTROLOMA humifusum, BM 1439, a low bushy New Holland shrub, with scarlet flowers which come out from May to October : it grows in sandy loam and peat, ..."

4. A Complete Index to the Companion to the Almanac, from Its Commencement, in (1843)
"25.f Astroloma humifusum, '31. 37. Astronomy introduced into Europe, '28. 57 ; observations and discoveries in, '29.57—59 ; science of, revised, id. ..."

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