Definition of Argyroxiphium

1. Noun. Small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Argyroxiphium

Argovia
Argus
Argusianus
Argyle
Argyll
Argyll Robertson pupil
Argyll Robertson pupils
Argynnis
Argyrades
Argyranthemum
Argyranthemum frutescens
Argyreia
Argyrol
Argyrotaenia
Argyrotaenia citrana
Argyroxiphium
Argyroxiphium sandwicense
Argœuves
Arhant
Arhat
Arhus
Ari
Ariadne
Ariah
Arial
Arian
Arian heresy
Ariana
Ariane
Arianism

Literary usage of Argyroxiphium

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

1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"... that the silversword, argyroxiphium sandwicense, is found as low down as 7000 feet elevation on Mauna Loa. The vegetation from the volcano until one ..."

2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... (argyroxiphium). It is possible that in some genera the achenes have, or had, a means of adhering to plumage through a " sticky " secretion, ..."

3. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... nineteen square miles in area, with many cinder cones within. One of the most interesting plants found here is the silver-sword (argyroxiphium ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1884)
"Meehan and John H. Redfield. 148 species plants collected in Arizona by HH Rusby, in 1883. Prof. H. Carvill Lewis. Radical leaves of argyroxiphium ..."

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