dew plant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dew plant
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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It was made of boxes, six feet long and two feet wide, containing, a two-inch layer of earth, held in place by a wire netting, and planted with South African dew plant, dense, green and hardy and thriving in this climate.
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It would be better to use African dew plant.
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Guerin has applied a rich coloring, his favorite pink, and McLaren has added a poetic touch by letting garlands of the African dew plant, that he made his hedge of, flow over from the top.
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People had wondered what McLaren had meant to indicate by the high hedges he had made over there with his dew plant.
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African dew plant grown in shallow boxes, two inches deep, covered with wire netting.
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