escallonia

noun

any evergreen shrub of the South American saxifragaceous genus Escallonia, with white or red flowers: cultivated for ornament

Word Origin

C19: from Escallon, 18th-century Spanish traveller who discovered it

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Examples from the Web for escallonia

Historical Examples

It's likely that both are errors for escallonia, but they are preserved as printed.
In the Roar of the Sea
Sabine Baring-Gould
This is usually the case with Ilex, Escallonia, and Cydonia.
Wood and Garden
Gertrude Jekyll
Escallonia, a genus of saxifragaceous shrubs and trees, natives chiefly of the Andes.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia
Various
The flowers are sheltered from the boisterous winds where necessary by high hedges of euonymus, veronica, and escallonia.
The Isles of Scilly
Jessie Mothersole
The Escallonia, that grows up the house, will hang its red flowers in front of the library windows for a fortnight still to come.
A Year in a Lancashire Garden
Henry Arthur Bright

escallonia

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for escallonia

Historical Examples

It's likely that both are errors for escallonia, but they are preserved as printed.

This is usually the case with Ilex, Escallonia, and Cydonia.

Escallonia, a genus of saxifragaceous shrubs and trees, natives chiefly of the Andes.

The flowers are sheltered from the boisterous winds where necessary by high hedges of euonymus, veronica, and escallonia.

The Escallonia, that grows up the house, will hang its red flowers in front of the library windows for a fortnight still to come.