statice
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
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The commonest species (statice limonium) may be found principally on muddy shores.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxIt is a mass of Anemone japonica alba with statice latifolia round it.
A Year in a Lancashire Garden | Henry Arthur BrightPrickly forms of statice and Astragalus cover the dry hills.
Salsolæ are the prevailing plants of the rocky sides of the valley, Clematis erecta common, here and there a small statice.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William GriffithThe glaucous long-peduncled, large-flowered statice is limited to the east side of Kaloo.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William Griffith
British Dictionary definitions for statice
/ (ˈstætɪsɪ) /
a plant name formerly held to include both Armeria (thrift) and Limonium (sea lavender). The gardener's statice comprises various species of the latter, esp those whose flowers can be dried and kept: family Plumbaginaceae: See thrift, sea lavender
Origin of statice
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