Definition of Encelia

1. Noun. Genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Encelia

Empire State of the South
Empire day
Empirin
Empsonian
Empty Quiver
Emsworth
Emu novaehollandiae
Emydidae
En-lil
Enawene Nawe
Enbrel
Enceladan
Enceladean
Enceladus
Encelia
Encelia farinosa
Enceliopsis
Enceliopsis nudicaulis
Encephalartos caffer
Encephalitozoon hellum
Encratite
Encratites
Encyclia
Encyclia citrina
Encyclia tampensis
Encyclia venosa
End of Cycle
End of Cycles

Literary usage of Encelia

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

1. Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives by Carl Russell Fish (1911)
"encelia FARINOSA. haustorium had penetrated the wood to a depth of 1 mm., ... encelia FARINOSA. encelia is a shrub with a very limited local distribution. ..."

2. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"Causes of the Seasonal Changes in the Transpiration of encelia farinosa, by Edith B. Shreve. As was mentioned in the annual report of 1919, ..."

3. Year books by Plainfield High School (Plainfield, N.J.) (1919)
"While encelia, lives in the open sunshine the entire year, ... Although its water-content is thus as high as that of encelia for the same season, ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1910)
"(ft) Plants occurring on southern exposures and largely wanting on northern ones; association of sahuaro and encelia farinosa. The species just named are ..."

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