Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gamopetalous plants of the order Labiatæ, the mint family, belonging to the tribe Stackydeæ and subtribe Lamieæ, and characterized by the villous and concave upper lip, the plicate calyx, and the densely flowered whorls in the axils.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage
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Examples
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As those insects which have many spiracula, or breathing apertures, as wasps and flies, are immediately suffocated by pouring oil upon them, I carefully covered with oil the surfaces of several leaves of phlomis, of Portugal laurel, and balsams, and though it would not regularly adhere, I found them all die in a day or two.
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They're perfect for a Mediterranean garden, mixing in with lavenders, salvias, cistus and phlomis.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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They're perfect for a Mediterranean garden, mixing in with lavenders, salvias, cistus and phlomis.
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The creamy hood on each individual flower partly conceals a lemon lip that's regularly leant on by bumble bees - the only insects capable of pollinating phlomis.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Perennial phlomis can be divided in early autumn or from mid-spring.,
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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This earlier phlomis keeps a presence in winter, just like 'Edward Bowles', but the foliage is much greyer and the earlier flowers brighter yellow.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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There are about 100 species of phlomis, but they hybridise in the wild and naming can be difficult.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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This suggests that most phlomis, including the shrubby ones from the Mediterranean, are hardy.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The most voguish phlomis is the May-flowering P. tuberosa
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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6. The Gardens here at Kew are looking lovey - the Mediterranean Garden is a mass of cistus and phlomis and my beloved Spartium juncium, and awash in sweet and resinous incense-y scents.
Archive 2009-06-01 Imogen 2009
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