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- noun Plural form of
paten .
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Patrick, and of them I have seen three square patens, that is, a paten in the Church of Patrick in Armagh, and another in the Church of Elphin, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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In smaller containers, I like to mix it up with a few things—lavender with annual lobelia and Agapanthus or Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' with Origanum and Salvia patens.
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Blue is well represented, and it is hard to beat S patens.
Stunning salvias Dan Pearson 2010
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These included Salvia patens (a blue flowering member of the mint family) which became the ancestor of modern bedding salvias, the red-flowering Fuchsia fulgens, ancestor of a very large number of Fuchsia cultivars, and the red-flowering Zauschneria californica, commonly known as California fuchsia.
Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008
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These included Salvia patens (a blue flowering member of the mint family) which became the ancestor of modern bedding salvias, the red-flowering Fuchsia fulgens, ancestor of a very large number of Fuchsia cultivars, and the red-flowering Zauschneria californica, commonly known as California fuchsia.
Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008
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"It could be in the Campanulaceae, or the Gentianaceae, the Polemoniaceae, the Boraginaceae-that's most likely, I think, forget-me-nots-but it could even be a variant of this one, the Anemone patens."
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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It's Pasqueflower pulsatilla patens, and never having been in the Rockies in May, I have never encountered it along the trails.
Details from the road, Tunnel Mountain Lemon Hound 2009
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Tall blackbutt (Eucalyptus patens), jarrah, and marri forest can all be found in river valleys.
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Their flora is very rich, with 718 species, 85 species being considered rare, including Epipogion aphyllum, Gymnadenia camtschatica, Oreorchis patens, Nuphar pumila, Carex laxa, and Lilium dauricum.
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The Pasque flower, Anemone patens, is a dry mixedgrass species found in areas like the Central Nebraska Loess Plains (27e).
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