Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of plants of the natural order Amarantaceæ, tribe Gomphreneæ.

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  • noun genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs

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Examples

  • And the way you captured the light with the iresine and the muhlenbergia is fantastic.

    September Bloom Day « Fairegarden 2008

  • Even iresine (better known as _Achyranthes Verschaffeltii_) united with coleus and grew for a time.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various

  • 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.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

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