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Definition of Halimodendron argenteum

1. Noun. Spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halimodendron Argenteum

Literary usage of Halimodendron argenteum

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

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"... the primary cortex situated near the pericycle in Cicer (Tribe Vicieae) ; in the innermost layer of the primary cortex in Halimodendron argenteum, DC. ..."

2. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster (1908)
"Halimodendron argenteum (syn Robinia Halimodendron). —Salt tree. A native of Asiatic Russia (1779), having silvery foliage, and pink or purplish-pink ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Halimodendron argenteum. SALVIA (Latin, to keep safe or healthy; referring to t4e medicinal properties of the common Sage). Labi- i.itf. SAGE. ..."

4. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"It is poor enough, and generally saline. Where the banks are not inundated one meets with scrub jungle, consisting of Halimodendron argenteum, ..."

5. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"Among the ornaments of these steppes is Halimodendron argenteum, a shrub of the natural order Leguminosa?, often cultivated in gardens for its beautiful ..."

6. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... and the utricle Is oblong with a vertical seed. [JTS] SALT-TREE. Halimodendron argenteum. SALTWORT. ..."

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