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androsace
[ an-dros-uh-kee, -uh-see ]
noun
- any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of androsace1
< 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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Example Sentences
In more sunny places a Primula and Androsace were in full flower.
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In another part grew an Androsace with two drooping flowers.
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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.
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