Definition of Sphacele

1. Noun. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphacele

Spenserians
Spenserism
Spenserisms
Spergula
Spergula arvensis
Spergularia
Spergularia rubra
Sperry
Spetsai
Spetse
Spetses
Spey
Speyer
Sphacele (current term)
Sphacele calycina
Sphacelotheca
Sphacelotheca reiliana
Sphaeralcea
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Sphaeralcea fasciculata
Sphaeralcea remota
Sphaeriaceae
Sphaerobolaceae
Sphaerocarpaceae
Sphaerocarpales
Sphaerocarpos
Sphaerocarpus
Sphagnales

Literary usage of Sphacele

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

1. Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers by Bertha Marguerite Rice, Roland Rice (1920)
"Wood Balm Sphacele calycina (Mint Family) By Bertha M. Rice There is a quaint ... Sphacele is from the Greek, meaning "sage," as the plants have sage-like ..."

2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1830)
"( Nat. Ord. — LABIATE. ) Generic Character. Sphacele. Benth. ... 1289. Specific Character and Synonyms. Sphacele Lindleyi. Benth. in Bot. Reg. I. c. ..."

3. Boerhaave's Aphorisms: Concerning the Knowledge and Cure of Diseases by Herman Boerhaave, J. Delacoste (1715)
"... under the Fat of the General Integuments all over the Body, whereas a Sphacele penetrates every thing to the. very Bones j this is generally a ..."

4. A Phytogeographic and Taxonomic Study of the Southern California Trees and by Le Roy Abrams (1910)
"Sphacele calycina Wallacei A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1: 365. 1878. Type locality: "In canyons of the south side of Santa Cruz Island. ..."

5. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Sphacele. Labiatae. From Greek, "sage like". Strong-scented shrubs, warmer regions of New World; 2 in western US 1888. ..."

6. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"... Eupatorium, Sphacele, Gilia, ferns, etc., growing amongst them. Although most of the vegetation, especially that of the lower elevations, blooms during ..."

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