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garrya

/ ˈɡærɪə /

noun

  1. any ornamental catkin-bearing evergreen shrub of the North American genus Garrya: family Garryaceae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of garrya1

C19: named after Nicholas Garry (1781–1856), an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company
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Example Sentences

Beyond the Garrya, in the extreme angle, is a Clematis montana.

At the western end, the only part which is in shade for the greater part of the day, is a Garrya elliptica.

Garrya elliptica.—This always flowers on the previous year's wood.

There are other species of Garrya in cultivation, but they are more suitable to the south-western counties than to the average climate of Britain.

In the neighbourhood of London Garrya elliptica is quite hardy in ordinarily sheltered positions, but does not flower so freely as against a south wall.

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