Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various annual, chiefly western North American plants of the genus Clarkia, several of which are cultivated for their showy red, purple, pink, or white flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small genus of herbaceous annual plants, natural order Onagraceæ, natives of the United States west, of the Rocky Mountains. They have showy purplish flowers, and two species, C. pulchella and C. elegans, are common in cultivation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
annual flowering plants , of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Some other things should be sown as early as possible in the open ground, – candytuft, larkspur, poppies, mignonnette, lupins, sweet alyssum, clarkia, and such hardy annuals.
Gardening by Myself 1872
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Down below, a mass of brank-ursine formed as it were a pedestal, from the midst of which sprang scarlet geum, rhodanthe with stiff petals, and clarkia with great white carved crosses, that looked like the insignia of some barbarous order.
La faute de l'Abbe Mouret ��mile Zola 1871
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Hopefully it will reseed in your garden, as do other clarkia species.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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This clarkia isn't the only plant that can add pizzazz to your shady plots.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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This clarkia isn't the only plant that can add pizzazz to your shady plots.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Check seed catalogs for availability, though this rare clarkia is a bit hard to find.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Hopefully it will reseed in your garden, as do other clarkia species.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Clarkia fans - and you know who you are - may be surprised to learn that there is a native clarkia species that fits nicely in a shade garden.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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This herbaceous clarkia isn't simply a California native, it's endemic to Northern California, populating the lower elevations of nearby mountains.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Check seed catalogs for availability, though this rare clarkia is a bit hard to find.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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