Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the natural order Amarantaceæ, tribe Gomphreneæ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs
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Examples
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And the way you captured the light with the iresine and the muhlenbergia is fantastic.
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Even iresine (better known as _Achyranthes Verschaffeltii_) united with coleus and grew for a time.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various
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Plenty go to New Plymouth District Council to be used in bedding displays and streetscape planting: The clusters of star jasmine outside Centre City came courtesy of prison green fingers, as do any gaura, iresine or Carex tenuiculmis found around the city.
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