garrya

noun

any ornamental catkin-bearing evergreen shrub of the North American genus Garrya: family Garryaceae

Word Origin

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

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Examples from the Web for garrya

Historical Examples

Beyond the Garrya, in the extreme angle, is a Clematis montana.
Wood and Garden
Gertrude Jekyll
At the western end, the only part which is in shade for the greater part of the day, is a Garrya elliptica.
Wood and Garden
Gertrude Jekyll
It is well to bear in mind that there are male and female plants of the Garrya, and that the former is the more ornamental.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
A. D. Webster

garrya

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for garrya

Historical Examples

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.

It is well to bear in mind that there are male and female plants of the Garrya, and that the former is the more ornamental.