Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of ornamental plants of the order Hydrophyllaceæ, type of the tribe Phacelieæ, distinguished by the two-cleft style, wrinkled or tubercled seeds, and an inflorescence of one-sided scorpioid cymes, at first densely fascicled, becoming loose and separated.
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- noun Any of many
annual orperennial herbaceous plants , of the genusPhacelia , native to theAmericas .
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- noun any plant of the genus Phacelia
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Examples
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It might have begun earlier, in the time Seyavi of the campoodie tells of, when antelope ran on the mesa like sheep for numbers, but scarcely any foot-high herb rears itself except from the midst of some stout twigged shrub; larkspur in the coleogyne, and for every spinosa the purpling coils of phacelia.
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Seyavi of the campoodie tells of, when antelope ran on the mesa like sheep for numbers, but scarcely any foot-high herb rears itself except from the midst of some stout twigged shrub; larkspur in the coleogyne, and for every spinosa the purpling coils of phacelia.
The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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And soon comes the iris, with its broad golden eye fringed with rays of lavender blue; and five varieties of phacelia overwhelm some places with waves of purple, blue, indigo, and whitish pink.
Our Italy Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Because emerging native bees are already foraging, she's advising farmers to seed their fields with flowering cover crops like clover, buckwheat and phacelia, which provide nectar.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHANNON MONEO 2011
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Because emerging native bees are already foraging, she's advising farmers to seed their fields with flowering cover crops like clover, buckwheat and phacelia, which provide nectar.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHANNON MONEO 2011
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The De Beque phacelia has been a candidate since 1980.
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The De Beque phacelia has been a candidate since 1980.
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The De Beque phacelia has been a candidate since 1980.
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The Parachute penstemon, with lavender and white flowers, and the DeBeque phacelia, with yellow flowers, are found only around the Roan Plateau in western Colorado.
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The Parachute penstemon, with lavender and white flowers, and the DeBeque phacelia, with yellow flowers, are found only around the Roan Plateau in western Colorado.
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