Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous gamopetalous plants, belonging to the natural order Rubiaceæ, tribe Hedyotideæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus.
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Examples
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In a clearing I noticed sprays of tiny flowers (Houstonia caerulea) dotting the ground.
Robert Lanza, M.D.: Who Are We? Experiments Suggest You're Not Who You Think 2010
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In a clearing I noticed sprays of tiny flowers (Houstonia caerulea) dotting the ground.
Robert Lanza, M.D.: Who Are We? Experiments Suggest You're Not Who You Think 2010
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Are those who pick the Houstonia to be supposed thereby to indorse the Texan
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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The extremes of the Water-Lily in this vicinity, so far as I have known, are the eighteenth of June and the thirteenth of October, -- a longer range than belongs to any other conspicuous wild-flower, unless we except the Dandelion and Houstonia.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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The families of the _Aggregatæ_ are the following: I. _Rubiaceæ_ of which _Houstonia_ (Fig. 124, _A_), _Galium_ (_E_), _Cephalanthus_
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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But it cannot ordinarily be expected before the twentieth, in Eastern Massachusetts, and rather later in the interior; while by the same date I have also found near Boston the Cowslip or Marsh-Marigold, the Spring-Saxifrage, the Anemones, the Violets, the Bellwort, the Houstonia, the Cinquefoil, and the Strawberry-blossom.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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"Blue-eyed babies" is certainly an improvement upon "Quaker ladies," the name by which the _Houstonia_ is known in some parts of New
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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_A_, flowering branch of _Houstonia purpurea_, × 1 (_Rubiaceæ_).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Smaller plants, like the Trillium, the Houstonia, the Bloodroot, the Claytonia and the Hepatica, will work in charmingly in the foreground.
Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover 1882
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Houstonia caerulea (bluets), now Oldenlandia (Gray, 2d ed.), 1857.
The Maine Woods 1858
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