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Definition of Pride of California

1. Noun. Shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.

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Literary usage of Pride of California

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

1. The Horticultural review and botanical magazine (1851)
"... —Tulips, Hyacinths, Star Lily, and pride of California. To those who have contributed to the edification of. the readers of the Review, by sending their ..."

2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"This awoke Mrs. McCrackin to the realization that these trees, the pride of California, were fast disappearing. The California Redwood Park, three thousand ..."

3. Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California by Commonwealth Club of California (1915)
"The pride of California cities has been the extent of their powers in local self-government, and there is now much agitation in favor of the extension of ..."

4. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"... bearing the anther, in the shape of a hollow hemisphere, on its upper edge. THE pride of California. ..."

5. A View of California as it is: Containing Reliable Information on the by Joseph Weed (1874)
"With a population made up of all nationalities, it has always been the pride of California that social distinctions, which keep people at arm's length in ..."

6. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)
"The one great feature of San Francisco, and the pride of California, is its bay. Forty miles of the bay lie south of San Francisco, and 25 miles extend ..."

7. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"In the summer of 1898 Dr. Merriam and his staff made a complete biological survey of Mount Shasta, " the pride of California," an extinct volcano 14450 feet ..."

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