Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A composite tree, Olearia (Eurybia) argophylla, of Australia and Tasmania, with musk-scented leaves.
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There is here a fine specimen of the Australian musk-tree, which attains
Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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Eurybia argophylla, musk-tree of Tasmania, an arborescent Composite.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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