pittosporum

Definitions

noun Any of various evergreen shrubs or plants of the genus Pittosporum, widely grown as ornamental or hedge plants in warm regions.

noun A genus of plants, type of the order Pittosporeæ, characterized by the thick wingless seeds, and thick loculicidal capsule, which is coriaceous or woody, globose, ovate, or obovate, often compressed and with imperfect partitions.

[New Latin, genus name : Greek pissa, pitta, pitch + New Latin spora, spore; see spore.]

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I chose this variegated pittosporum, which is hardy and long-lived.

Apartment Therapy Main 2009
Overhead, the molecules of dialectic conference accumulate in the upper branches of pittosporum trees the birds sip on peppermint mochas and despair of large organizations.

saltminer's archive I James Claffey 2011
The bush looks like pittosporum with green blossoms.

Ode to James Bay Ayala Sender 2009
There is no mention of pittosporum on the garden's map.

Archive 2009-05-01 Ayala Sender 2009
There is no mention of pittosporum on the garden's map.

La Bastide du Parfumeur Ayala Sender 2009
Or perhaps the orange blossom like aroma of some pittosporum blossoms.

Archive 2009-05-01 Ayala Sender 2009
The bush looks like pittosporum with green blossoms.

Archive 2009-03-01 Ayala Sender 2009
Or perhaps the orange blossom like aroma of some pittosporum blossoms.

La Bastide du Parfumeur Ayala Sender 2009
* My eyes scan the olive trees and the citrus-scented hedge of pittosporum next to the boules* court before settling on the pelouse* below where they catch on an ant as it marches along the top of a bent blade of grass.

French Word-A-Day: 2006
* My eyes scan the olive trees and the citrus-scented hedge of pittosporum next to the boules* court before settling on the pelouse* below where they catch on an ant as it marches along the top of a bent blade of grass.

méridienne - French Word-A-Day 2006