London pride

British  

noun

1. a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers

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London pride

Her grandmother's flower-garden had been constantly encroached upon by the turf which surrounded it, until the snowberry bush, the London pride, the tiger-lilies, and the crimson phlox were like a besieged garrison.

From A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett

Since Nell Gwyn no such scented cognomen, redolent of cuckoo's boots, London pride, blood-red poppies, purple fox-gloves, lemon stocks, and vermillion zinnias, has blown its delicate odour across our scene....

From Interpreters by Carl Van Vechten

Nothing grew in the rockery except London pride and snails.

From The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. (Edith) Nesbit

And that's London pride, and that's ragged robin.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic

But to go back to the little front yards: we are sorry to miss them and their tangle or orderliness of roses and larkspur and honeysuckle, Canterbury bells and London pride, lilacs and peonies.

From Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett

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