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houstonia
[ hoo-stoh-nee-uh ]
noun
- any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
houstonia
/ huːˈstəʊnɪə /
noun
- any small North American rubiaceous plant of the genus Houstonia, having blue, white, or purple flowers
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Example Sentences
Our houstonia and hepatica would probably become a deep blue in that country.
And the creeping, round-leaved houstonia was here, with a superfluity of a weedy blue sage (Salvia lyrata).
It is prettier than the violet, and larger and deeper colored than our houstonia.
That sociablest of flowers, the little Houstonia, was very abundant.
In another locality I might have brought him dwarf cornel, or the houstonia, or wood-sorrel, or the evening-primrose.
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