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Definition of Stelis
1. Noun. Any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stelis
Literary usage of Stelis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum by Frederick Smith (1855)
"In order to ascertain with certainty whether the British species was the stelis
minuta, I obtained specimens of that insect from the Continent, ..."
2. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"Purple-leaved stelis. Willd. n. 7.— " Stem elongated, with one elliptical, (lightly
pointed leaf ; coloured underneath. Spikes two, longer than the leaf. ..."
3. Reliquiæ Antiquæ: Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts, Illustrating Chiefly by Thomas Wright (1845)
"... She stelis that good and dos ful ille ; Or he that is a man of ... He stelis
thoo goodys for certayne ; For wyfe ne man of ..."
4. Reliquiæ Antiquæ: Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts, Illustrating Chiefly by Thomas Wright (1845)
"... A\so a jife schuld honour stonde, That takes the goodes of hyre husbond, Agayne
his leve or his wylle, She stelis that good and dos ful ille; ..."
5. Reliquiæ Antiquæ: Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts, Illustrating Chiefly by Thomas Wright (1841)
"... Also a jife schuld honour stonde, That takes the goodes of byre husbond, Agayne
his leve or his wylle, She stelis that good and dos ful ille; ..."
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