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Definition of Marsh andromeda
1. Noun. Erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe.
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Literary usage of Marsh andromeda
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1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1903)
"Common marsh andromeda, or Wild Rosemary. angusti- y foliis ... Narrow-leav'd
marsh andromeda. Nat. a. of North America ; ß. of Britain ; and y. of ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Common marsh andromeda, or Wild Rosemary. ... Narrow-leaved marsh andromeda. Nat.
a of North America, j3 of Britain, and y of Newfoundland and Labrador. ..."
3. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"marsh andromeda. Andromeda polifolia. Heath Family. An evergreen shrub from six
to eighteen inches high. Leaves.—Thick ; long and narrow; smooth; ..."
4. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, William Macgillivray (1837)
"marsh andromeda. Wild Rosemary. Clusters terminal ; leaves alternate, lance-shaped,
revolute, glaucous beneath. A shrub, about six inches high, ..."
5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... and the epidermis is either covered with wax, as in the marsh andromeda, the
Whortleberry, and the Reticulate Willow (Andromeda poli/olia, ..."
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