aubrietia

American  

[aw-bree-shuh, -shee-uh, oh-bree-] / ɔˈbri ʃə, -ʃi ə, oʊˈbri- /

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Aubrietia, of the mustard family, forming dense mats and having numerous small, purplish flowers.

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aubrietia British  

/ ɔːˈbriːʃə /

noun

1. any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

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Etymology

Origin of aubrietia

1763; < New Latin, named after Claude Aubriet (1651–1743), French painter of plants and animals; -a ²

Example Sentences

In the front row patches of the white arabis, the yellow alyssum, white, yellow, blue, or purple violas, and the purple aubrietia, recurring at intervals of 5 or 6 yards on a border of considerable length, carry the eye forwards and give a balanced kind of finish to the whole.

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Aubrietia.—Beautiful dwarf spring-blooming rock plants, forming carpety tufts of flowers of simple cruciferous form.

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They walked up and down the platform, by the side of which the station-master's arabis and aubrietia, primroses and daffodils, were making a fine show.

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The Aubrietia had already given warning of the danger referred to in the last words of this final message.

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Aubrietia to Conyngham: Submarine sighted 49.30 N 6.8 W. Sighted submarine on surface.

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