Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evergreen perennial plant (Galax urceolata) of the eastern United States, having a rosette of glossy, heart-shaped leaves and tall spikelike racemes of small white flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, referred to the natural order Diapensiaceæ, of a single species, G. aphylla, found in open woods from Virginia to Georgia.
- noun The plant Galax aphylla, known also as
galaxy and beetle-weed. Because of its persistent shining leaves galax is gathered in large quantities and sold by florists for ornamental purposes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Other mountain flora found here include rhododendron, azalea, galax, mountain laurel, pitch pine, table mountain pine, and various ferns.
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There were huge blooming patches of galax, fire-weed, and other wildflowers on the hillside far above me, but there was a very attractive dead snag-if one was a bee-poking out of the heavy growth some way below.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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They left the rock and hunted on, going netherward into a damp swale rich with the odor of places where galax grows, descending through scattered clumps of twisted laurel to a thin creek.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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Together they cast a breedy scent like that arising from dank beds of galax, and it overpowered even the reek of the strange meat.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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The fragance of galax and rotted leaves, damp dirt.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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Displayed on mantel or table with the Bible, a taper, sprigs of galax, so that the effect was altarlike.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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Together they cast a breedy scent like that arising from dank beds of galax, and it overpowered even the reek of the strange meat.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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The fragance of galax and rotted leaves, damp dirt.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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They left the rock and hunted on, going netherward into a damp swale rich with the odor of places where galax grows, descending through scattered clumps of twisted laurel to a thin creek.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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Displayed on mantel or table with the Bible, a taper, sprigs of galax, so that the effect was altarlike.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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