androsace
[an-dros-uh-kee, -uh-see]
- any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
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Origin of androsace
< New Latin < Greek andrósakes a marine plant (perhaps equivalent to andrós (genitive of anḗr man) + -akes, derivative of ákos cure); probably misconstrued by Linnaeus as a compound with Greek sákos shield
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In more sunny places a Primula and Androsace were in full flower.
Western Himalaya and TibetThomas Thomson
In another part grew an Androsace with two drooping flowers.
Lachesis LapponicaCarl von Linn
Wild flowers had also begun to vegetate: a violet was in flower on the banks of streamlets, as well as a Primula and an Androsace.
Western Himalaya and TibetThomas Thomson