Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Plumbaginaceæ.
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- noun sea lavender
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Assorted colors of roses, spray roses, carnations (wouldn't do those again), and misty limonium as the filler.
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The Sea Lavender, or Thrift (_Statice limonium_) grows near the sea, or in salt marshes.
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Of course, she doesn't call it statice, she calls it limonium perezii, because it's not actually statice, only similar to statice.
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It features yellow lilies, yellow and white cushion mums, burgundy snapdragons, off-white roses, yellow alstroemeria, misty blue limonium, hypericum, ruscus leaves, and salal leaves.
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525; Am. Journal by John Stearnes, 281; see S. limonium; Mér. and de L.Dict. de M.
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