fraxinella

American  

[frak-suh-nel-uh] / ˌfræk səˈnɛl ə /

noun

1. gas plant.

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fraxinella British  

/ ˌfræksɪˈnɛlə /

noun

1. another name for gas plant

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Etymology

Origin of fraxinella

1655–65; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin frāxin ( us ) ash tree + -ella feminine diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

I fancied that my Sunday coat was scented for days afterwards by the bushes of sweetbriar and the fraxinella that perfumed the air.

From Cousin Phillis by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

I dare say he meant the dictamnus fraxinella, which is sometimes luminous.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

Lastly, seven flower-stalks on a plant of Dictamnus fraxinella were observed on the 15th of June 1841 during ten minutes; they were visited by thirteen humble-bees each of which entered many flowers.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

In the last-mentioned case they are called declinate, as in amaryllis, horse-chestnut and fraxinella.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

To the right of them sprang up the slim fraxinella, the centranthus draped with snowy blossoms, and the greyish hounds-tongue, in each of whose tiny flowercups gleamed a dewdrop.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile